CHRONIC COUGH . 6 1 



Remedies. — The following dose to be given every 

 night until the cough is modified : — 



Digitalis . . . . | drachm, 



Nitre i drachm, 



Emetic tartar ... J drachm ; 



to be made up in the form of a ball, with tar. If this 

 fails to lessen the irritation, a blister should be applied 

 to the throat, extending from one ear to the other, 

 and reaching six or eight inches down the windpipe, 

 which will have the effect of lessening the irritation 

 of the fauces or the larynx, if the inflammation exists 

 in that situation. Sometimes a blister extending to 

 the lower part of the windpipe, as far as the chest, 

 has had a good effect. 



The food should be of an opening nature, as dry 

 feeding, such as straw and chaff, is always found to 

 increase the complaint : grass and other green food 

 will have a salutary effect in this and other similar 

 diseases. 



Horses may have chronic cough without their 

 general health being affected by it ; and should the 

 above remedies prove ineffectual in removing it in a 

 few weeks, there will be no use in persisting in 

 attempts at a cure ; and it is only when the com- 

 plaint assumes a more than ordinary degree of 

 coughing, that medical treatment should be resorted 

 to. A great object is to avoid exposing the animal 

 to sudden transitions from heat to cold ; as a horse 

 afflicted with chronic cough is more liable than others 

 to be affected by changes of temperature. 



INFLUENZA, EPIDEMIC CATARRH, DISTEMPER. 



This is a febrile disease, depending upon a blood- 

 poison or specific microbe, and generally prevails as 



