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is not quickened at all, and the running from the 

 nostril remains thin and watery) are so liable to lay 

 the foundation of rheumatism, or leave the horse 

 more or less debilitated, and pre-disposed to take on 

 other disease, the beer tonic, p. 109, should always 

 be given every morning for a week after the cold has 

 gone off; or when given during a chill or lingering- 

 cold, be continued for a day or two longer. 



For a horse in training, or that is sufficiently in 

 vigour and spirits to work off a slight cold in his exer- 

 cise, three quarters of an ounce of nitrous aether in 

 half a pint of warm beer, may be given, for three 

 successive nights : or four drachms of nitre, one 

 drachm of black pepper, one drachm of anise-seed, 

 quarter of a drachm of opium, and one ounce of ho- 

 ney or ghoor, to be put in the half pint of beer. A 

 hot bran mash should be added to the evening's 

 grain, for these three nights, and the bowels also once 

 opened by a clyster consisting of one and a half 

 ounce of soap and three drachms of aloes, in a gallon 

 of warm water. 



SORE THROAT. 



Severe cold, or a cold neglected, may have sore 

 throat connected with the cough, which is sometimes 

 a serious affair. 



Symptoms. The food is not properly swallowed, 

 but lumps of grass are often quidded out again. The 

 water is not freely gulped ; he sips and slavers in the 

 dhool ; it, in fact, hurts him to swallow it. The dis- 

 charge from the nose is thick ; mucus is coughed up, 



and the cough is so painful that he sometimes stamps 



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