mouths of horses kuown to be healthy. After you have become accus- 

 tomed to the warmth of the mouth of the healthy animal you will have 

 no difficulty in detecting a marked increase of the temperature. Some 

 veterinarians become so expert in this method of examination that they 

 trust to it in preference to the use of thermometers. 



The animal may be dull ; he frequently' emits a sort of sneezing snort, 

 but does not cough unless the throat is affected; he expels the air 

 forcibly through his nostrils very often in a manner that may be aptly 

 called "blowing his nose." A few days after the attack begins the dis. 

 charge from the nostrils changes from a watery to that of a thick mu- 

 ciliiginous state, of a yellowish-white color, and may be more or less 

 profuse. Often the appetite is lost, and the animal becomes debili- 

 tated. 



Treatment. — This disease is not serious, but inasmuch as neglect or 

 bad treatment may cause it to run into a dangerous complication, it 

 should receive proper attention. The animal should not be worked for 

 a few days. A few days of quiet rest, with pure air and good food, 

 will be of greater benefit than medication administered while the horse 

 is excited and exposed to draughts and changes of temperature. 

 Tbe benefit derived from the inhalation of steam can not be overesti- 

 mated. This is effected by holding the horse's head over a bucketful 

 of boiling water so that the animal will be compelled to inhale steam 

 with every inhalation of air. Stirring the hot water with a wisp of hay 

 causes the steam to aiise in greater abundance. By no means adopt 

 the pernicious method of steaming — advised by some authors and prac- 

 ticed by many people — by putting the head in a bag with hot water or 

 scalded bran. Common sense would be sufficienttocondemn the method, 

 if those who practice it would only think. With the head so closely 

 confined in the bag the horse is compelled to inhale over and over the 

 foul air expelled from the lungs. This is malpractice on a healthy 

 horse, and much worse when the animal is ill, for then it has a greater 

 necessity for pure air. 



The horse should be made to inhale steam four or five times a day, 

 about fifteen or twenty minutes each time. 



Particular attention should be paid to the diet. Give bran mashes, 

 scalded oats, linseed gruel, and grass if in season. If the horse evinces 

 no desire for this soft diet, it is well to allow any kind of food he will 

 eat, such as hay, oats, corn, etc. 



If the animal is constipated, relieve this symptom by injections 

 (enemas) of warm water into the rectum (last gut) three or four times a 

 day, but under no circumstances administer purgative medicines. 



For simple cases the foregoing is all that is required, but if the ap- 

 petite is lost, and the animal api)ears debilitated and dull, give 3 

 ounces of the solution of acetate of ammonia and 2 drams of powdered 

 chlorate of potassium diluted with a pint of water three times a day as 

 a drench. Be careful when giving the drench; do not pound the horse 



