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i iueipifnt stages are also induced by a .Midd.-n ii.m-.ii ion 

 trniii IIIMI in r.ild, .-in I .-oMi.'iiiiH'- iron i c M i" clo e .-mil hot 

 ties; and h\ a chilK wind or damp stab] 

 re exercise. Feeding oft mmty, dr\ ha\, or on >tr,-i\\, 

 will produce an irritation whirh may leadte heaves. Injlam. 

 ination of the lunfi is frequently dangerous, and requires the 

 IfeMnediate and filll Use ofthe lancet. Aliertii:' inflammation 

 is decidedly allayed by copious bleeding, .-null doses of aloe; 

 max he given, and frequent injections of warm snap and 

 water, which should be omitted tlie moment the lieces lie. 

 come- .-.ft and approaching to the fluid state. Blistering 

 the sides ami brisket, and often repeated if Otherwise ineffec- 

 tual, nr.Ht be resorted to. Convalescence should be followed 

 with sedative medicines, and during all the severe stages of 

 the disease, withhold all food except light grinds alter pro- 

 tracted abstinence. As health returns, put. the animal out to 

 grass. Inflammation of the lungs is sometimes succeeded by 

 a chronic ntitgli, and the other nuladies enumerated. When 

 firmly seated, it is incapable of removal. Its effects can be 

 alleviated, and with suitable tbod and treatment, the horse 

 may be made to do much moderate labor for many years, but 

 he can never become sound or sustain great exertion. Equal 

 and proper temperature, moist, stimulating food, and espe- 

 cially carrots or potatoes, and moderate exercise, but never 

 on a full stomach, and dry, clean stables, are all the remedies 

 that can be prescribed. 



CATARRH OR HORSE DISTEMPER sometimes attacks the 

 horse in the spring or fall, and is shown by soreness and 

 swelling in the glands of the throat, a cough, difficulty of 

 swallowing, discharging at the nose, and general prostration. 

 It is seldom fatal if properly managed. Give light bran- 

 mashes, purge thoroughly, and keep warm. If he is violently 

 attacked, he may be bled while fever exists, and blisters or 

 seatons may be applied, to reduce the swelling if extreme. 

 The disease is contagious, and the animal should be at once 

 placed where he cannot communicate it. 



SPASMODIC COLIC. " The attack of colic is usually very 

 sudden. There is often not the slightest warning. The 

 horse begins to shitt his posture, look round at his flanks, paw 

 violently, strike his belly with his feet, and crouch in a pecu- 

 liar manner, advancing his hind limbs under him ; he will 

 then suddenly lie, or rather fall down, and balance himself 

 upon his back, with his feet resting on his belly. The pain 

 now seems to cease for a little while, and he gets up, and 



