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the mouth, as in case of such accident it will make the mouth sore, 

 which may prevent the animal from eating. If the bowels are consti- 

 pated give enemas of warm water.. Do not give purgative medicines. 

 Do not Weed the animal. Depressing treatment only helps to bring on 

 a fatal termination. 



If the animal retains an appetite a soft diet is preferable, such as 

 scalded oats, bran mashes, and grass if in season. If he refuses cooked 

 food allow in small quantities anything he will eat. Hay, corn, oats, 

 bread, apples, carrots may all be tried in turn. Some horses will drink 

 sweet milk when they refuse all other kinds of food, and especially is 

 this the case if the drinking water is withheld for awhile. One or two 

 gallons at a time, four or five times a day, will support life. Bear in 

 mind that when tlie disease is established it will run its course, which 

 may be from two to three weeks, or even longer. Good nursing and 

 patience are required. 



When the symptoms have abated and nothing remains of the disease 

 except the cough and a white discharge from the nostrils, all other 

 medicines should be discontinued and a course of tonic treatment pur- 

 sued. Give the following mixture: Pulverized sulphate of iron, 3 

 ounces; powdered gentian, 8 ounces; mix well together and divide into 

 sixteen powders. Give a powder every night and morning mixed with 

 bran and oats, if the animal will eat it, or shaken with about a pint of 

 water and administered as a drench. 



If the cough remains for a length of time that leads you to think it 

 will become chronic, say three or four weeks after the horse is appar- 

 ently well, apply the liniment to the throat and down over the wind- 

 pipe and over the breast. Rub it in thoroughly once a day until three 

 or four applications are made. Also give 1 dram of iodide of potassium 

 dissolved in a bucketful of drinking water, one hour before each meal 

 for two or three weeks if necessary. Do not put the animal at work too 

 soon after recovery. Allow ample time to regain strength. This dis- 

 ease is prone to become chronic and may run into an incurable case of 

 thick wind. 



It has been stated that it will be a difficult matter for the non-pro- 

 fessional to discriminate between bronchitis and pneumonia. In fact 

 the two diseases are often associated, constituting broncho-pneumonia; 

 therefore, the reader should carefully study the symptoms and treat- 

 ment of pneumonia. 



CHRONIC BRONCHITIS. 



This may be due to the same causes as acute bronchitis, or it may 

 follow the latter disease. An attack of the chronic form is liable to be 

 converted into acute bronchitis by a very slight cause. This chronic 

 affection in most instances is associated with thickening of the walls of 

 the tubes. Its course is slower, it is less severe, and is not accom- 

 panied with as much fever as the acute form. If the animal is exerted 



