DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE HORSE. 75 



drinking, and is noticed particularly after bein^ brought out 

 of the stable in the morning, but after working a while 

 will not be so bad. If you suspect this disease when you are 

 examining him for soundness give him a good feed, a pail of 

 water and a good gallop. If affected with this disease you can 

 then notice it plainly. In some cases it can be relieved for a short 

 time by giving a large dose of Fleming's tincture of aconite, 10 

 to 15 drops in a drench, mixed with a pint of raw linseed 

 oil. This is sometimes done by horse traders to relieve 

 the animal while trading, and in some cases they even pour shot 

 into the animal, which relieves him for a time. 



Treatment. — Where heaves once get well established it is 

 incurable, but it can be helped by careful feeding". By feeding 

 him regularly, and giving him lots of oats to eat and very little 

 hay, so as to keep him gaunt ; water him often — four or five times 

 a day — not more than a pail at a time, and never allow him to get 

 a large feed of hay or a large drink of water at a time. The best 

 treatment of medicine is give first a physic of from 8 to 10 

 drams of bitter aloes dissolved in a pint of water, with a 

 tablespoonful of ginger and soda given as a drench, and allow 

 him to stand in the stable for a day. This will clean his bowels and 

 stomach out ; after this feed him carefully and give of the follow- 

 ing mixture : 



Ground Gum Camphor J poand. 



Powdered Nux Vomica | •' 



Common Soda | '* 



Nitrate of Potaah or Saltpetre | " 



Mix well and give a teaspoonful three times a day in his feed, 



or on the tongue with a spoon. 



PLEURODYNIA. 



This disease is a rheumatic condition of the muscles around 

 the chest. This is not a very common disease. 



Causes. — Exposure to cold when the animal is recovering 

 from pleurisy or other weakening lung diseases. 



Symptoms. — There is great pain and difficulty in breathing 

 and shows symptoms somewhat similar to pleurisy. In pressing 

 on the sides he shows even more pain than he does in pleurisy, 

 and when you examine his pluse you will find that they are about 

 regular, whereas in pleurisy they would be beating quick and hard. 

 By putting the ear to the animal's side you cannot hear thegratinj^ 

 •ound heard in pleurisy. 



