BROKEN WIND U3 



portion of a pint of the former to an ounce of the latter 

 may be given, and if nothino;- better is at hand, whisky 

 or hot ale may be substituted. An ounce of tincture 

 of opium to an ounce and a half of nitric ether is also 

 an excellent remedy. Nothing is more likely to cause 

 colic than green forage given too unsparingly (and, I 

 may add, feeding with corn just before watering. — Ed.). 



Colic is, as I have said, a complaint which comes on 

 suddenly, whereas inflammation is more gradual in its 

 approach. Until a horse has quite recovered from the 

 attack and its effects, no corn or hay should be allowed. 

 Bran mashes only should be given, and it should be 

 very gradually brought on to its general feeding 

 again. 



The difference between broken wind and what is 

 termed 'thick wind' is very easily detected, as in the 

 latter both inhalation and exhalation, though rapid and 

 laboured, are equally so, and occupy the same time, 

 whereas in the former the inhalation is performed by 

 one effort and the exhalation by two. The effort is 

 very apparent in the double action of the flanks. 

 Broken wind is also generally accompanied by a dry, 

 sharp, peculiar - sounding cough. It is generally 

 caused by injudicious feeding and watering, and it may 

 also be said to be hereditary. Farmers' horses are 

 very apt to become broken-winded, by reason of the 

 indigestible nature of the food which is often given 

 them. They are also frequently kept fasting for many 

 hours, and are then allowed to gorge themselves, and 

 probably immediately afterwards again put to work. 

 It not unfrequently happens that hunters turned out to 

 grass come up broken-winded. 



There appears to be no permanent cure for the 



