396 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 



Remedies. — Apply a copious mustard poultice to 

 the chest over the region of the lungs. Then give 

 the following mixture : — 



Powdered foxglove . . 12 grains, 

 Emetic tartar ... 3 grains, 

 Nitre, powdered . . . i drachm. 



If for a large dog, let it be made into six powders ; 

 for one of a middling size, nine ; and for a small one 

 twelve. One to be given every three hours, until the 

 symptoms are abated, and then they may be given 

 every six hours, for a day afterwards. The animal 

 must be kept warm. If the powders produce vomit- 

 ing, they must be divided into two parts each, and 

 given less frequently. 



ASTHMA. 



Confinement and high feeding are the causes of 

 asthma ; a complaint to which dogs are very liable, 

 and are attacked with it at any period of life, but 

 more especially at three or four years, where they are 

 over-fed ; but with those who are less pampered, it 

 is seldom known until they are six or seven. It may 

 be brought on at an earlier period by severe colds, 

 and inflammatory complaints in the lungs. When it 

 proceeds from over-feeding, it is caused by an 

 accumulation of fat in the regions of the heart and 

 lungs. It manifests itself by a short, harsh, and dry 

 cough, and difficulty in breathing, more particularly 

 when the animal has been much exercised, or by 

 catching cold. This malady generally comes on 

 gradually. Remedies should be adopted as soon 

 as any indications of the complaint are noticed ; 

 otherwise, if allowed to attain a height, it is likely to 

 prove fatal. 



Remedies. — If there appear to be inflammation 



