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The broken-winded cough is at first spasmodic, but becomes as the 
disease advances, feeble, short, and single. The animal being unable to 
relieve himself by the action of the chest and lungs, gives a suppressed 
cough, which is very characteristic and suggestive, even to the uninitiated. 
The hollow cough varies in degree, and indicates chronic mischief. Moist 
cough is indicative of an inflamed and humid condition of the lining 
membrane of the respiratory tract. 
There is a cough spoken of as the “teething cough” of young horses. 
It is dry, and though more or less continuous, is of a more distressing 
character in the morning than at other times of the day. The age of the 
animal and the inflamed condition of the gums give us aid in detecting the 
nature and cause of this complaint, which is not due to cold, but is ofa 
nervous nature, and not at all uncommon in four-year-old animals. The 
complaint is best combated by allowing only soft food for several days, and 
a mild oleaginous aperient, such as half a pint of linseed or castor oil every day 
for a few days. Half an ounce of bicarbonate of potassium, with two 
drachms of nitre given in the drinking water twice daily, will prove 
beneficial. Sometimes a horse may cough owing to irritation caused by 
indigestion or worms. The treatment of these complaints will be specified 
in due course. 
Asai, sometimes horses have a tendency to cough from a slight chill. 
here are all degrees of severity of such a cough; but when not due to active 
inflammation of the respiratory tubes or lungs, or to commencing influenza 
or other disease, it may be treated by allowing soft diet and the administration 
for several days of the medicines above mentioned. In case these remedies. 
do not alleviate the complaint, the throat may be rubbed with compound 
liniment of camphor, or liniment of belladonna, or simple liniment of 
ammonia and turpentine, but the first is the most efficacious. A ball, 
also, containing one drachm_o of camphor, one drachm_ of_ ipecacuanha, 
one drachm of carbonate,of ammonium, made up with gentian_ and treacle 
to_one ounce, may also be given twice daily, Lastly, we may ry refer to 
chronic cough. This ~rarlcee is almost always the result of bronchitis, 
influenza, or strangles, or it is the chief symptom of chronic bronchitis, or it 
may be left _as a sequel after all but complete recovery from these 
complaints. It is a hard dry cough, and not at all uncommon, more 
especially among fast working horses, and often proves very inveterate. 
Soft laxative diet, of which green food and carrots should form main items, 
is very beneficial. Internally the ‘above ‘ball administered twice da 
sometimes sufficient to cure the cough in a week or two; but if not 
effectual the following formula may be substituted :—of camphor one drachm, 
of ammonium:c rhonate one drachm and _a half, of iodide of potassium one 
drachm, of extract of belladonna one. ~drachm, of gentian_ and treacle 
sufficient _to_make up to one ounce, “We may here mention that no ball 
given to a horse should exceed nine drachms at the most in weight. A mild 
dose of physic should also be given occasionally. The work should be 
regular, but riot too_ha 
