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How to know it. — Broken wind is nearly allied to asthma in man, but 

 is more continuous in its action a)id less liable to occur in paroxysms. 

 At each breath there will be a two-fold motion of the flank, caused by a 

 falling in of the abdominal walls, causing the flank to lift, then after a 

 perceptible interval a rising of the back part of the belly assists in freeing 

 the lungs of air. There is a short, dry cough, sometimes almost inaudi- 

 ble, followed by whirring. When the horse is moved suddenly, or driven 

 hard, when a draught of cold water is given, or the animal is suddenly 

 brought into the cold air, the spells will occur. Indigestion is almost 

 always present, and as a consequence of flatulency of the bowels. The 

 appetite is ravenous and unnatural ; eating the litter given for bedding, is 

 one of the many exhibitions of it. 



What to do. — There is no permanent cure for this disability. The 

 symptoms and distress may be alleviated by giving only sound grain and 

 bright, hard stalked hay, free from dust. Prairie hay with plenty of 

 resin leaf in it is the best ; next, clean cured corn-stalks. But little water 

 should be allowed at a time, and not more than 6 to 8 pounds of hay, 

 daily, and this given at night, the provender being confined as much a» 

 possible to gi-ain and grass in Summer, and grain, bran-mashes and car 

 rots or potatoes in Winter. 



This will enable many broken-winded horses to do a fair amount ol 

 work with comparative comfort. In any event, a horse inclined to be 

 thick-winded in any degree, should never be tightly checked up, nor 

 above all, be driven by pulling in the head, causing undue bearing either 

 of the curb or snaffle on the jaw. 



The animal should be allowed to hold its head 

 in the easiest position, since its work must be nec- 

 essarily slow. One of the most usual palliative 

 means of the animal appearing for a time sound, 

 is to give 10 to 15 grains of arsenic a day for a 

 week or ten days. A better preparation to give 

 relief — afterwards, the animal to be turned out 

 on clean, short grass, is the following: 



BIT BKABINQ DFON JAW. 



No. 77. 1 Ounce Fowler's solution of arsenic, 



1 Drachm extract of belladonna, 

 )i Drachm tincture of ginger. 



Give once a day, in the morning, in one pint of water, and continue fo* 

 /our to eight weeks, as circumstances may dictate. 



