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that the animal may lie down, if he will, so as to relieve the 

 forelegs of all the weight possible. When he rises to his 

 feet again — say within two or three hours — and by his 

 actions expresses that he is suffering great pain, he should 

 be given two or three drachms of powdered opium or five 

 or ten grains of morphine. If available, one or two grains 

 of morphine should be injected under the skin, as there is 

 nothing that so tells on a horse's strength as excessive pain. 

 If the bowels should show in the least undue dryness or a 

 tendency to constipation, a mild cathartic should be ad- 

 ministered — five drachms Barbados aloes, one drachm of 

 ginger, enough bar soap to make a mass ; make into a ball 

 and give quietly, so as not to irritate the patient. From the 

 beginning of the treatment administer from 8 to 10 drops of 

 aconite every half hour for lour or five hours. In cases 

 where there is much inflammation I have never found any 

 treatment to equal it, and I have treated successfully many 

 bad cases of laminitis and founder with this method. In 

 high fever all of the gruel and water the animal will drink 

 and a sufficient quantit}^ of wet mashes and carrots or green 

 stuff (grass) to keep up vitality should be given. A little 

 solid grain should be given, which will assist nature to 

 resist all maladies and enables her to react against them. 

 Exhaustion means a want of vitality, and both man and 

 beast often go down to the grave because they too often get 

 too much medicine and not enough nutrition in the way o' 

 food. They sometimes die from sheer weakness. 



Catarrh or Cold in the Head. — This is an affection 

 of the lining of the membranes of the nasal chambers and 

 cavities of the head. It consists in a congested or inflamed 

 state of that membrane, giving rise to a glistening discharge 

 from one or both nostrils. When the head of the windpipe 

 or larynx is implicated, accompanied with cough, well- 

 defined symptoms of catarrh are manifested. The majority 

 of young horses under five years of age may be said to be 

 predisposed to this affection. The exciting causes are 

 sudden variations in the temperature, undue exposure to 

 cold when an animal is in a heated state, especially after a 

 hard day's work or drive or standing in badly ventilated 

 stables or any place where the animal is exposed to cold 



