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The broken- winded cough is at first spasmodic, but becomes as the 

 disease advances, feeble, short, and single. The animal being unable tO' 

 relieve himself by the action, of the chest and lungs, gives a suppressed 

 cough, which is very characteristic and suggestive, even to the uninitiated. 

 The hollow cough varies in degree, and indicates chronic mischief. Moist 

 cough is indicative of an inflamed and humid condition of the lining 

 membrane of the respiratory tract. 



There is a cough spoken of as the "teething cough'' of young horses. 

 It is dry, and though more or less continuous, is of a more distressing 

 character in the morning than at other times of the day. The age of the 

 animal and the inflamed condition of the gums give us aid in detecting the 

 nature and cause of this complaint, which is not due to cold, but is of a 

 nervous nature, and not at all uncommon in four-year-old animals. The 

 complaint is best combated by allowing only soft food for several days, and 

 a mild oleaginous aperient, such as half a pint of linseed or castor oil every day 

 for a few days. Half an ounce of bicarbonate of potassium, with two 

 drachms of nitre given in the drinking water twice daily, will prove 

 beneficial. Sometimes a horse may cough owing to irritation caused by 

 indigestion or worms. The treatment of these complaints will be specified 

 in due course. 



Again, sometimes horses have a tendency to cough from a slight chill. 

 There are all degrees of severity of such a cough ; but when not due to active 

 inflammation of (he respiratory tubes or lungs, or to commencing influenza 

 or other disease, it may be treated by allowing soft diet and the administration 

 for several days of the medicines above mentioned. In case these remedies 

 do not alleviate the complaint, the throat may be rubbed with compound 

 liniment of camphor, or liniment cf belladonna, or simple liniment of 

 ammonia and turpentine, but the first is the most efficacious. A ball,, 

 also, containing one drachm of camphor, one drachm of ipecacuanha,. 

 one drachm of carbonate of ammonium, made up with gentian and treacle 

 to one ounce, may also be given twice daily. Lastly, we may refer to 

 chronic cough. This variety is almost always the result of bronchitis, 

 influenza, or strangles, or it is the chief symptom of chronic bronchitis, or it 

 may be left as a sequel after all but complete recovery from these 

 complaints. It is a hard dry cough, and not at all uncommon, more 

 especially among fast working horses, and often proves very inveterate. 

 Soft laxative diet, of which green food and carrots should form main items,, 

 is very beneficial. Internally the above ball administered twice daily, is 

 sometimes sufficient to cure the cough in a week or two ; but if not 

 effectual the following formula maybe substituted :— of camphor one drachm, 

 of ammonium carbonate one drachm and a half, of iodide of potassium one 

 drachm, of extract of belladonna one drachm, of gentian and treacle 

 sufficient to make up to one ounce. We may here mention that no ball 

 given to a horse should exceed nine drachms at the most in weight. A mild 

 dose of physic should also be given occasionally. The work should be 

 regular, but not too hard. 



