162 PRATTS TOINTERS ON THE HORSE 



and the back arched. There is a dry cough and rapid 

 breathing, pulse quick, urine scanty, dung hard and 

 covered with mucus. The membrane of the nose and 

 eyes is red, and that is the reason it is termed by some 

 as ''pink eye." There is a noise in the windpipe, 

 which can be detected by putting the ear against the 

 horse. The disease varies in its symptoms until the 

 horse either recovers or it proves fatal. Sometimes 

 the urine becomes brown or dark red. We have 

 cured thousands of cases of influenza with Pratts Dis- 

 temper and Pink Eye Cure, and have kept all the horses 

 in a stable unattacked well by using it as a preventive, 

 and, therefore, we consider this all that is necessary to 

 cure the disease. The horse must be kept warm with 

 blankets and the stall should be warm. 



The nose bag (as shown on page 127) is a most 

 excellent thing in a case of this kind to bring the 

 discharge freely, and should be used as soon as the 

 disease is noticed. If the throat is sore, the back of the 

 teeth can be smeared with the following preparation : 

 Two drachms of chlorate of potash ; one drachm of 

 belladonna ; one tablespoonful of vinegar ; one teacupful 

 of honey. 



