DISEASES OF THE RESPIRATORY ORGANS. 83 



the chest in about five days. If appHed oftener it will be apt to irritate 

 the animal too much and make him restless. 



Compel animal to inhale steam. In each gallon of water put a table- 

 spoonful of oil of turpentine. In serious cases give steam every hour, 

 and in any case the oftener it is done the greater will be the benefits. 

 Three times a day, give as a drench; solution of acetate of ammonia, 

 three ounces; spirits of nitrous ether, two ounces; bicarbonate of po- 

 tassium, one-haJf ounce; water one pint. Care must be used in drench- 

 ing. If it makes animal worse, don't persist, but give instead one-half 

 ounce of bicarbonate of potassium in every bucketful of water the ani- 

 mal will drink. Keep cold water before him all the time. 



If the horse is prostrated and has no appetite, give the following 

 drench: spirits of nitrous ether, two ounces; rectified spirits, three 

 ounces; water, one pint. Repeat dose every four or five hours, if it ap- 

 pears to benefit. 



If the horse is hard to drench give the following ball: pulverized car- 

 bonate of ammonia, three drams; linseed meal and molasses sufiicient to 

 make the whole into a stiff mass; wrap it with a small piece of tissue 

 paper and it is ready to give. This ball ma3' be repeated every four or 

 five hours. Do not let this ball break in the mouth as it will make the 

 mouth sore, and prevent the animal from eating. 



If constipated give enemas of warm wat^r. Do not bleed the animal. 



When the symptoms have abated and nothing remains of the disease 

 except the cough and a white discharge from the nostrils, all medicines 

 except the following tonic treatment should be discontinued. Give the 

 following mixture: pulverized sulphate of iron, three ounces; powdered 

 gentian, eight ounces; mix well together and divide into sixteen pow- 

 ders. Give a powder every night and morning mixed with bran and 

 oats if the animal will eat it, or shaken with about a pint of water and 

 administered as a drench. 



If cough remains for so long a time as to lead you to think it will be- 

 come chronic, say three or four weeks after the horse is apparently well, 

 apply the liniment above recommended to the throat and well over the 

 wind-pipe and breast. Also give one dram of iodide of potassium dis- 

 solved in a bucketful of drinking water, one hour before each meal for^ 

 two or three weeks if necessary. 



Chronic Bronchitis. This is due to same causes as the acute- 

 form, or may follow it. Chronic bronchitis may change into the acute 

 form by a very shght cause. Its course is slower, less severe, and not' 



