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is kept from eating, the natural sap in green food 

 will soon assist in promoting digestion. 



CATARRH, OR COMMON COLD. 



The sudden transitions from heat to cold to which 

 horses are so frequently, and often so thoughtlessly, 

 exposed, renders this a very common complaint with 

 them. If masters and servants would bear in their 

 remembrance the old and true adage, " that it is better 

 and easier to keep well than to make well," their 

 horses would not require half the medicines which 

 are given to them. 



A simple cold, if neglected, may end in an in- 

 curable disease, especially with horses of a delicate 

 constitution. Catarrh commences with a slight degree 

 of fever, with some little discharge from the nose and 

 eyes, accompanied by cough, which is sometimes 

 hard, frequent, and painful to the horse. If the 

 cough is not severe, the complaint may generally be 

 removed by simple treatment. The horse should be 

 kept warm, and a few doses of the following mixture 

 administered : — 



Digitalis . . • J drachm, 

 Nitre .... 2 drachms, 

 Emetic tartar . . i drachm ; 



to be given in the form of a ball. Instead of corn, 

 his food should consist of hay and mashes. 



BRONCHITIS. 

 Symptoms. — Inflammation of the mucous mem- 

 brane of the bronchial tubes manifests itself by the 

 breathing being considerably harder and quicker than 

 in a common catarrh ; and also by a wheezing sound 

 accompanying the inspirations of air into the lungs, 

 and which is temporarily removed when the horse 



