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that they would not he supposed of the least importance hy one 

 unaccustomed to horses. 



In the majority of cases, a few warm mashes, warm clothing, 

 and a warm stable — a fever-ball or two, with a drachm of aloes 

 in each, and a little antimony in the evening, will set all right. 

 In nineteen cases out of twenty, recovery would take place with- 

 out any medicine, if the horse is kept free from the cordials which 

 grooms are so fond of administering ; but in the twentieth case, 

 a neglected cough may be a precursor of bronchitis and pneumo- 

 nia. These sometimes creep on before any danger is suspected. 

 If there is the least fever, the horse should be bled. A common 

 cold, attended by heat of the mouth or indisposition to feed, should 

 iipver pass without the abstraction of blood. A physic-ball, how- 

 ever, should not be given in catarrh without much consideration. 

 If inflammation of the lungs has set in, a dose of physic would 

 be little better than a dose of poison. If there is no danger of 

 this, Fmall doses of aloes may be united with the other medicine 

 with advantage. 



If catarrh is accompanied by sore throat — ^if the submaxillary 

 glands are enlarged — ^if the horse should quid his feed and gulp 

 his water, this will be an additional reason for bleeding, and 

 also for warm clothing and a comfortable stable. 



Some stimulating liniment may be applied over the inflamed 

 gland, consisting of turpentine or tincture of cantharides, diluted 

 with spermaceti or neat's-foot oil — strong enough to produce con- 

 siderable irritation on the skin, but not to blister, or to destroy the 

 hair. An embrocation sufficiently pow^erful, and yet that nevei 

 destroys the hair, consists of equal parts of hartshorn, oil of turpen- 

 tine, and camphorated spirit, with a small quantity of lauda- 



INFLAMMATION OF THE LARYNX. 



Strictly speaking, this refers to inflammation confined to the 

 larynx ; but either catarrh or bronchitis, or both, frequently ac- 

 company the complaint. 



Its approach is often insidious, scarcely to be distinguished 

 from catarrh, except by being attended with more soreness of 

 throat, and less enlargement of the parotid glands. There are 

 also more decided and violent paroxysms of coughing than in 

 common catarrh, attended by a gurgling noise, which may be 

 heard at a little distance from the horse, and which, by auscul 

 tation, is decidedly referable to the larynx. The breathing is 



• Note by Mr. Spooner. — In catarrh, if there is cough, the throat should bo 

 blieteied, or stimulated bv the tincture of cantharides. 



