50 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 



eats at a time the better. Corn must on no account 

 be given. Green food and mashes may be set before 

 him in small quantities, and as much drinking water 

 allowed at all times as the horse desires. 



If the oppression in the breathing now subside, 

 heat be restored to the limibs, and the animal lie dov/n, 

 these are sure indications of the disease having abated. 

 The strength and appetite will now gradually be 

 restored. But much caution should be exercised in 

 not allowing the animal to take too much food, which 

 might have the effect of inducing a return of the 

 malady : green meat, or, if that cannot be had, a gruel 

 of linseed and oatmeal, mashes, and a little hay should 

 form his diet. But to restore strength where much 

 exhaustion prevails, tonics should be given. 



Iron sulphate .... 2 drachms, 



Ginger 2 drachms, 



Gentian 2 grains. 



Should the animal continue to improve, his diet may 

 be extended, and probably in three or four days he 

 may have a small quantity of corn, which may be 

 increased as his strength is restored. 



A cool and clean stable are the best means for 

 preventing predisposition to diseases of the lungs, both 

 of which should be scrupulously attended to. The 

 heated air of a stable, and the poisonous gas arising 

 from the dung, prove most injurious to the horse. 



PLEURISY. 



Symptoms. — This disease is entirely confined to 

 inflammation of the pleura or membrane which en- 

 velops the lungs and lines the chest. The pulse is 

 hard, but not oppressed. The extremities are cold, 

 although not so much so as in ordinary inflammia- 

 tion, nor is the membrane of the nose so very re^d. 



