36 DISEASES OF THE HORSE. 



terward. The instrument is manufactured especially for 

 this purpose, by surgical instrument makers in Phila- 

 delphia. 



Cataract. — (See Eye Diseases.) 



Catarrh.— (See Cold.) 



Cautery. — This term is applied to the operation of 

 searing a part with a red-hot iron. Happily, this cruel, 

 and in many instances unnecessary operation, is becoming 

 among the things that were. It used to be applied to 

 sprains, ring-bones, and spavins. Since the discovery of 

 the preparations of iodine, and their absorbent proper- 

 ties, the iron is little used. 



Chest Diseases. — The diseases of the chest are many 

 and important. In it are the heart, lungs, and great 

 blood-vessels. The diseases of these organs will be found 

 under Inflammation of the Lungs, or Lung Fever, Pleu- 

 risy, Coughs, Bronchitis, and Glanders. 



Chest Founder. — (See Founder.) 



ChilL — This term means a shiver, as if the horse were 

 cold. This is the way many diseases and fevers are 

 ushered in. If the chill be checked soon, this will stop, 

 in many cases, the disease that was forming. For this 

 purpose, give twenty drops of the tincture of aconite root 

 in a wine-glassful of water, and pour down the throat, 

 out of a short-neck bottle ; cover the body with a blanket, 

 and rub the legs to bring the circulation to the surface 

 of the body,. and all will be well. 



Choking. — Choking very rarely occurs in horses; 

 very frequently in cattle. If choking should occur in 

 the horse, there is little chance or hope of saving his life, 

 if he be a spirited animal, and the substance be high in 



