370 DISEASES OF BKEATHmCx. 



thick, and coijious, especially from the nostrils, like what we our- 

 selves experience in the later stages of a cold in the head. There 

 is more or less fever, dulness, and a roughness of coat, with or 

 without shivering fits. Cough is usually present, and may con- 

 tinue for some time after the other symptoms have subsided. 

 Catarrh, generally, runs its course in about a fortnight, although 

 it may induce a prolonged state of bad health in the animal. 



TKEATMENT. — Put the horse on bran and linseed mashes, and 

 give freshly-cut grass or lucerne. Allow a constant sujDply of drink- 

 ing water, and give in it three-quarters of an ounce of nitre daily. 

 Have the stable well ventilated, though free from draughts ; and 

 keep the animal comfortably clothed. Make him, from time to time, 

 inhale steam, either j)lain or mixed with turpentine, in order to 

 facilitate the discharge from the nostrils. If the cough is trouble- 

 some and the breathing difficult, blister the throat with tincture of 

 cantharides. If a milder effect be required, stimulate the part with 

 equal parts of ammonia, turpentine and oil. Two drachms of cam- 

 phor and a drachm of belladonna, made up into a soft mass with a 

 little linseed meal and treacle, may be given every day ; a little at a 

 time being placed between the animal's back teeth, for him to 

 gradually swallow. If the bowels be constipated, administer an 

 enema of warm water, and give, for a day or two, about a jDint of 

 linseed oil mixed up in, and divided between his mashes. 



If, subsequently, there be great debility, the horse may have 

 a couple of quarts of beer a day, and a drachm of sulphate of iron 

 mixed, daily, in his food. 



Cough 



is a symptom of various diseases, which, instead of the cough, 

 should be specially treated. 



I have alluded, under the respective headings, to the chief kinds 

 of coughs that are, respoctively, characteristic of certain complaints, 

 such as bronchitis, sore throat, pleurisy, broken wind, and roaring; 

 so need here discuss only the condition which is popularly called 

 '' cough," on account of its exciting cause not being usually apparent 

 to persons uninstructed in veterinary medicine. These coughs may 

 be roughly divided as follows : — 



1. TEETHING COUGH.— Though teething is generally alleged 

 to be a common cause of cough, I have never met with any practical 

 proof of this statement, and consequently can speak only from hear- 

 say. This cough is said to be due to irritation caused by teething, 

 independently of chill, and that it can be distinguished by the 



