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Cough, or the noise which accompanies stages of different disorders, 
will be described as the various affections of which it is a symptom are 
passed before the reader. Chronic cough, or the sound that follows a 
draught of cold water, and is heard when the horse quits the stable for 
the open air, is most distressing. It is a constant accompaniment during 
the commencement of a journey, and requires that the food and lodging 
should be looked to. Clothe warmly, and give half a pint of the follow- 
ing, in a tumbler of cold water, thrice daily :— 
Extract of belladonna (rubbed down in a pint 
of cold water). bas Yow ea 4 oe) One drachin: 
Tinetureof squills. .. 2 4 « = « 2 .~ Tenounces. 
Tincture of ipecacuanha . . . . . . . Eight ounces. 
Mix. 
If no beneficial change be witnessed, try the subjoined :— 
Barbadoes tar (or common tar if none other 
beathand) . ...... . . . . Half an ounce. 
Calomel) « 2 6 % = 2 a & w 2 « « « Five. grains. 
Linseed meal . . . . . . . . <A sufficiency. 
Mix, and give as one pall, ie and morning. 
Should no improvement result, the next may be substituted :— 
Powdered aloes . . . .. . . . . . One drachm. 
Balsam of copaiba . . . . . . . . . Three drachms. 
Cantharides. . . . . . .. . +. . . Three grains. 
Common mass .. . . A sufficiency. 
Mix, and give first fhing 4 in te: morning. 
A bundle of cut grass, every day, has done much good in the spring; 
so, also, has a lump of rock salt placed in the manger, during any season 
of the year. The horse, however, should be observed. If it eat the 
litter, no straw, during the daytime, should cover the stall; and, at 
night, a muzzle should be fixed upon the animal. The cough must be 
more than of a simple character which does not vanish before the pro- 
posed measures are exhausted. Cut roots, also, are beneficial during 
this disease. The hay should not be abundant, and should always be 
moistened. But, above all things, attend to the drainage and ventila- 
tion of the stable. 
LARYNGITIS. 
The common cause of this disorder is foul stables. When we see the 
animal associated with the nobleman in his pride, and linked as the will- 
ing slave of the merchant for his profit, it does seem strange that a crea- 
ture, thus connected, should be subject to disease from scant and tainted 
lodging. When we consider the subject from another point of view, and 
