28 Diseases of the Horse. 



TREATMENT:— Whatever the cause of diarrhoea 

 may be, if there is colicky pains attending it, allay the 

 pain at once by giving our 



REMEDIES NOS. 47 AND 48 AS DIRECTED. 



After administering the medicine feed on bran 

 mashes, cake meal, or ground ilaxseed for a few days; this 

 will overcome the constipating efifects of the medicines. 



Price of remedies Nos. 47 and 48 complete, 75 cents. 



DISTEMPER-INFLUENZA— STRANGLES. 



A name applied to epizootic catarrh, and occurs more 

 frequently in the spring of the year. It frequently is the 

 result of a cold, as a cold rarely runs its course, without 

 some complications. Colts and horses under five years 

 of age, are more subject toi this disease than older horses. 

 This is a serious disease and should be at once attended 

 to, to avoid serious complications. 



CAEFSES:— Poison in the air, sudden changes from 

 dryness to moisture of the earths surface, cold winds from 

 the east accompanied with dampness, change from one 

 climate to another. 



SYAIPTOMS: — The animal is taken with a shivering 

 fit, followed by fever, loss of appetite, cough, mucus is 

 exuded from the nose, the eyes will begin to water and 

 sometimes maturate. Prostration, dullness and loss of 

 strength ; this is followed by swelling of the legs, and in 

 severe cases the belly, breast, and in males the sheath. If 

 the horse is tucked up along the abdomen, with hard pel- 

 lets of dung covered with mucus, the bowels are attacked 

 and the case is dangerous. If the lungs are attacked, 

 there will be a perceptible ridge extending from the flank 



