DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE HORSE. 147 



■wollen, but there is a bloody, watery fluid keeps droppm^^ away. 



Ag the symptoms gradually get worse the animal seeins in pain, 



will lay down, and keep getting up and down, breathes very 



heavy, as if he had lung trouble. If in warm weatlier, he sweats 



freely, his pulse is weak and fast — from 60 to 70 beats per minute ; 



if he passes anything from the bowels it will be covered with 



slime, and his water will have a reddish appearance. This is a 



very weakening disease, the animal gradually gets worse for a 



couple days, then he dies. 



Treatment. — For a yearling colt give the following : 



Tincture of Laudanum J ounce, or 2 tableepoonfuli. 



Fleming's Tincture of Aconite 5 drops. 



Raw Linseed Oil 1 pint. 



Mix thoroughly and give as a drench. If this does not give 



relief in three hours follow up with the following : 



Tincture of Laudanum J ounce, or 2 tableepoonfuls. 



Fleming's Tincture of Aconite 6 drops. 



Mix in half pint of luke warm water and give as a drench 



every three hours until he seems better. If he seems weak after 



recovery give a wine glassful of whisky in a pint of oatmeal gruel 



three times a day for a few days until he gains his strength. 



Keep him good and warm by blanketing him, and apply a mustard 



plaster over the bowels until he seems relieved, poultice the cuts 



with a hot poultice of linseed meal and bran, which will start 



a healthy discharge to run from the cuts. Warm his drinking 



water and feed on soft food. When once this disease gets well 



started it generally proves fatal. 



LOCKJAW (TETANUS) AFTER CASTRATIOW. 



This disease usually comes on from the ninth to the twenty- 

 first day after castration, and generally follows a case that you 

 think is doing extra well. 



Causes. — The real cause is not known, but it is liable to 

 follow any kind of an operation, or even a very slight injury. It 

 is frequently noticed in colts that are exposed to the cold, walk- 

 ing or standing in a river for any length of time after being 

 castrated; or allowed to run in a wet, marshy pasture. For treat- 

 ment and further particulars of this disease turn to " Lockjaw or 

 Tetanus," which is dealt with more fully in the diseases of the nerv- 

 ous ajBtmok. 



