456 DISEASES AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



be easily seen ; the usual, tumor ofdistemper does not appear. The 

 pulse varies ; in some cases but little altered, in others very quick 

 and weak. The coat is also staring, and the functions of the kid- 

 neys partly arrested. In severe cases the breathing becomes heavy 

 and laborious. By the third or fourth day from the beginning of 

 the attack, a greenish yellow matter is discharged from the nostrils. 

 Treatment. — The general and local treatment should be very 

 much the same as for cold or catarrh, -with the addition of a free use 

 of counter-irritants to the throat, as mustard well rubbed in, of any 

 good stimulating liniment, or even a light liquid blister. Aim to 

 keep up the strength by feeding soft, easily digested food ; a bran 



Fio. 786.— Good Method of Covering the Throat for Fomenting or Applying Stimulants 



for Laryngitis. 



mash with a little boiled oats in it, carrots, etc. ; any food that he 

 can eat easily. 



When the bowels are constipated, as is often the case, clysters 

 of soap and water must be freely used. When the cough is severe 

 and hacking, the following ball may be given once or twice a day : — 



Camphor 1 dr. 



Powdered opium - ; 1 dr. 



Ext. belladonna ; .2 scr. 



If the horse is threatened with suffocation, the windpipe should 

 be opened, and a tube inserted. (See description of operation under 

 head of " Tracheotomy.") 



One of the leading practitioners of the country dictated to the 

 writer the following as his best treatment : — 



Counter-irritation of the larynx. The best internal remedy would be . — 



Ext. belladonna 2 dr. 



Chlorate of patash .' \ oz. 



wiUx % sufficient quantity of honey to be made into the form of an electuary, and ap- 



