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Severe cases of heaves are incurable, although much 
can be done to alleviate the trouble. The treatment 
is hygienic and dietetic. The quarters and food should 
be made free from dust. In feeding, the hay should 
be sprinkled with water. The food should be nutri- 
tious, easily digested, but not bulky. A run at pasture 
is excellent. 
The best medicinal treatment consists in giving 
arsenic, in the form of Fowler’s solution, beginning 
with two teaspoonfuls in the food three times daily and 
increasing to a tablespoonful three times daily, and 
continuing from one to two months. The animal should 
he closely watched for symptoms of arsenical poisoning, 
and the medicine stopped, should any symptoms appear. 
Other remedies are: Small doses of aloes, about a 
dram, given as a hall every few days; oil of tar, in 
two-dram doses, two or three times daily. Any medi- 
cine that promotes digestion is beneficial,—as ginger 
root, pulverized, in tablespoonful doses three times 
daily, or a teaspoonful of pulverized nux vomica once 
daily. In any treatment, careful attention should be 
given to the diet. 
ROARING, WHISTLING OR THICK WIND 
This disease, which afflicts horses, is due to a paral- 
ysis of the muscles of the larynx, together with one 
of the vocal cords. This paralysis diminishes the cali- 
ber of the larynx to such an extent that the horse has 
difficulty in taking sufficient air, especially when 
exercised vigorously. 
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