520 GENERAL DISEASES. 



With respect, to old methods of treatment, I have found the 

 following to be attended with good results. Give — 



Oil of turpentine ... ... ... ... "2 oz. 



Linseed oil ... ... 1^ pint 



as a first dose, and then continue giving ^ oz. doses of turpentine 

 in ^ joint of linseed oil, three times a day, if the symptoms indicate 

 the necessity. Give 1 oz. chlorate of j)ota.sh, daily, dissolved 

 in the drinking water, of which there should be a plentiful supply. 

 From the outset, the strength should be supported by gruel with 

 eggs mixed in it, and by ale or stout, if necessary. If the bowels 

 act freely, the linseed oil may be discontinued, and the turpen- 

 tine mixed with gruel and eggs as a drench. If constipation be 

 present, administer enemas of warm water. Give green meat 

 and any wholesome food the animal may like to eat. Keep him 

 warmly clothed and nurse him carefully. If the breathing becomes 

 difficult, tracheotomy may be performed, but only as a last re- 

 source ; for the tissues, if wounded, have a great tendency to 

 slough during this disease. For the same reason, the swellings 

 should not be punctured unless with the object of relieving marked 

 distress in breathing. 



HaBmoglobinuria {Azoturiii). 



DEFINITION. — A condition characterised by the excretion of 

 dark-coloured urine, by excitement, and by violent and painful 

 spasms of the croup muscles, usually after a period of good feeding 

 and a few days' rest. 



. CAUSES AND NATURE.— In England, this disease is almost 

 always due to work after a period of idleness during which the 

 patient has been liberally fed on corn. I have seen it principally 

 among highly-fed cart-horses, and have never observed it in 

 animals which are regularly worked. Many Continental writers 

 regard cold as the chief cause of this complaint; although this 

 is not the case in Great Britain, where the cold is much less severe 

 during w^inter. Mr. Holmes, M.R.C.V.S., of Bourne (''Veterinary 

 Record " for 29th June, 1901), " knew a horse which had been 

 turned out on a piece of grass-land that was not worth 

 more than £8 an acre, and it had become affected. He was 

 certain that it was not feeding in this case, for the animal had 

 not had any corn for a long time, but it was so bad that it could 

 hardly turn round in its box." In the same journal, Mr. R. W. 

 Clarke, M.R.C.V.S., remarks that it is " easy to understand why 

 this condition should be so common amongst horses in training 



