THE HOBSE, ITS DISEASES. 



Ho. am, 1 Ounce powdered guaiacum, 



4 Ounces powdered chlorate of potash, 

 }i Pint of molasses. 



Do not in administering anything, force the jaws wide apart. Act as 

 gently as possible. If the animal is feverish and the throat hot and dry, 

 give three times a day, in a pint of cold linseed tea, the following : 



No. 66. 1 Drachm powdered ipecac, 



1 Ounce solution of acetate of ammonia. 



In case the disease becomes chronic, the following excitant to the 

 throat will be indicated ; 



No. 67. 1 Part oil of turpentine, 



1 Part solution of ammonia, 

 i 1 Part olive oil. 



Mix, shake the bottle before using, and rub well in on the throat every- 

 day. If this does not relieve, apply the following blister : 



No. 68. 1 Drachm croton oil, 



1 Drachm sulphuric ether, 

 10 Drachms alcohol. 



Mix, and apply by rubbing with considerable friction. 



A. HOBSB Wixa THE THBOAT BLISTEBBD. •* SETON IN THE THROAT OF A HOBSE. 



When the symptoms become more favorable, by the membranes of th© 

 nose becoming pale or more natural in color; by the cough becoming 

 more free, or louder, easier and with less violent breathing, and by the 

 appearance of a white and thick discharge from the nostrils, put a seton 

 in the throat, (see cut,) and allow nothing but moist and succulent food. 

 Move the seton daily until healthy pus (matter) is formed. Then cut 

 one of the knots and withdraw it, and as the horse recovers allow drier 

 food — hay and grain — but that entirely free from dust. See that no 

 stones or grit are in the oats, and soak for five or six hours before feed- 

 ing. In this, as in diseases where the throat is more or less sore, the 

 IvK^e may quid his food. This is not a symptom of laryngitis as is some- 



