ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 



If there is heat and tenderness in connection with the windgalls it must 

 be treated with fomentations and a high-heeled shoe as recommended for 

 such disabilities. As a rule simple windgalls being so common, often 

 appearing on colts, and doing no injury, had better not be meddled with 

 unless there is inflammation attending them. 



xm. Bupture of the Hamstring. 



Not only the hamstring but other sinews are subject to rupture or even 

 division. In this case the parts should be brought together and held so 

 by starch bandages or splints or both, when fibrous tissue will form and 

 the ends will unite in three, four, or five weeks. If inflammation occurs 

 it must be treated as heretofore advised. 



XIV. Broken Wind. 



A horse with broken wind is in pretty much 

 the same condition as a man with the asthma. 

 It is said often to occur suddenly, as after unu- 

 sual exertion, or after severe work upon a full 

 stomach. The facts are, these may have aggra- 

 vated and suddenly made apparent symptoms not 

 noticed before. There is no cure, but much may 

 be done to alleviate the distress and enable the 

 animal to do ordinary slow work. 



now TO HEA.R THE SOUND MADK 

 IN THX HOBSE'S WINDFIFS. 



How to know it. — ^There is often, for a long time previous to a severe 

 attack, more or less cough — a short dry hack, and occasioned by irritabil- 

 ity of the larynx. The appetite is often ravenous and morbid, the thirst 

 excessive. As the disease progresses there is flatulence, a pendulous 

 belly, a ragged coat, and a general dejected and unthrifty appearance. 



In breathing there will be a three-fold effort. The inhalation will be 

 quick, the expiration slow. Then the abdomen will rise as in an effort to 

 drive forward the diaphragm, and thus empty the half expired lungs. 

 The two last efforts seem laborious, and the double effort is often only 

 partially completed when the animal is again forced to gasp for breath. 



In the earlier stages the peculiar sound made is in the windpipe. Th« 

 cut given will show the manner of listening to sounds for throat difficul- 

 ties. Every horseman should accustom himself to recognize not only the 

 sound indicative of healthy breathing but also those given out in various 

 diseases of the throat. No horse with heaves or broken wind shotild be 

 driven immediately after eating. The food should be sound, and water 

 should be given only in small quantities. 



