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used according to directions. I can most conscientiously recommend it as the 

 best medicine in use for this purpose. I have also witnessed its beneficial 

 effects on splints, curbs, etc. Chas. J. Stodgell." 



" Walkeuville, Ont., March 28, 1885. 

 I am a coachman for E. C. Walker, Esq., of this place, and have charge 

 of his horse-stock. Having had occasion to use Dimon's Spavin Cure in this 

 stable, I can cheerfully recommend it as doing fully all that is claimed for it 

 by the inventor. John Wetton." 



" Walkerville, Ont., April 11, 1885. 

 Mr. Dimon: — I have much pleasure in advising you that the bottle of 

 Spavin Cure given me by you was used on a mare's shoulder and completely 

 removed a stubborn callous in a week, which had been treated in various 

 ways without producing the desired effect. J. D. Davis, 



Inspector of Distilleries." , 



BRONCHITIS. 



This is an inflammation of the mucous membrane of the 

 bronchial tubes, or large division of the windpipe. It fre- 

 quently prevails in an epidemic form and may leave a horse 

 with a chronic cough. 



Symptoms. At first the symptoms seem much the same as 

 a common cold, but more severe. There is a cough and 

 evident soreness of the throat and usually considerable fever ; 

 mouth and nose are red, breathing hurriedly and thick, pulse 

 quick and wiry. 



Treatment. First, the horse should be treated as for a fever. 

 Place the subject in an open or airy place embraced by the 

 word " comfortable." Of course it would not be comfortable to 

 place a sick horse in an open shed in zero weather ; neither 

 would it be comfortable for a horse to be placed in July, while 

 suffering from a high fever, in a close stall and burdened with 

 blankets. 



Give fifteen drops of the tincture of aconite root every four 

 hours until six doses are given if necessary. Give plenty of 

 cold water to drink, for pain and fever require plenty of fluid, 

 as all the secretions are dried up. Relax the bowels and cool 

 the stomach with green grass if it is in season, but if out of 

 season for grass then give bran mashes, in which put steeped 



