330 ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 



No. 90. 1 Drachm iodide of potassium, 



1 Drachm carbonate of ammonia, 

 ^ Ounce powdered gentian. 



Give twice a day as a drench in a quart of "water, or as a ball mixed 

 with linseed meal and molasses. 



VI. Colds. 



Colds in horses, as in the human family, are usually the result of im- 

 proper care or undue exposure. Taking a horse from a hot, illy ventii* 

 ated stable, and allowing him after driving to become cold, is one prolific 

 cause of colds. There are so many means of causing this disability that 

 it would be impossible to enumerate them. If the attack is light, all that 

 will be necessary will be to clothe the animal warmly and relax the bowels 

 with a warm mash, and give rest for a few days. 



Sometimes, however, the attack is prolonged 

 and severe. The ajipetite ceases, the coat rough- 

 ens, parts of the body are hot and others cold, the 

 membrane of the nose at first dry and pale, 

 with the facial sinuses clogged, at length termi- 

 nates in a discharge more or less great, but with- 

 out improving the health of the horse. 



What to do. — Keep the animal warmly clothed, 

 in ample box stall, with plenty of bedding. If 

 A horse's HEAD WITH COLD, the coM docs uot give way in a few days after 



the first attack, and the symptoms are as we have 

 indicated, or if the membranes of the nose are dry, make a sack of 

 coarse gunny cloth, large enough so it may fit the nose properly, but en- 

 largfins: to the bottom, and two feet or more long, with a slit covered with 

 a flap in the side, half way down. Put into the bag half a peck or more 

 of coarse pine sawdust with which half an ounce of spirits of turpentine 

 has been thoroughly mixed. Place the bag on the nose as shown in 

 the cut on next page. 



Turn two gallons of hot water in the slit, and every twenty minutes 

 repeat, allowing the bag to remain on an hour each time, use this six 

 times a day until the discharge begins. When water runs freely from 

 the nose, three times daily will be enough. Let the food be good scalded 

 oats or other like food, with mashes if the bowels are constipated. 



An animal with this kind of a cold should not be put to steady work 

 until entirely recovered. The result of protracted cold is great weakness, 

 and work before recovery often leads to disease of the air passages and 

 lungs. If there is much fever give the following : 



