DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE HORSE 119 
Mix in a pint of cold water, shake well and give as a 
drench. Give a drench every two or three hours until he 
seems relieved. H very weak, instead of this, it is best to 
give 
Give every three hours until he seems relieved, then 
proceed with the following: 
Mix thoroughly and give a teaspoonful three times a 
day. Feed soft feed with a little boiled flax seed to keep the 
bowels free. Give cold water in small quantities, but often ; 
this will have a good effect on the throat. Apply mustard or 
hot cloths wrung out of hot water to the chest. Clothe the 
body well, according to the season of the year, and see that 
the animal has pure air to breathe without being in a draft. 
In all lung diseases be careful when drenching not to choke 
the animal. 
16. Broken Wind or Heaves. 
Broken wind or heaves is similar to asthma in man. 
Causes. — It generally develops in horses that are raven- 
ous feeders, that overload the stomach and are inclined to 
carry a large belly. This afTects the stomach, and the same 
nerve that helps to supply the stomach with nerve power also 
helps to supply the lungs. This accounts for its affecting the 
lungs when the stomach is affected. Inferior foods, such as 
musty hay (clover hay being the worst), or musty oats, are 
apt to produce it, or it may be caused by a neglected cold. 
This disease is rarely found in cavalry horses, as they are fed 
on the very best of food. 
Symptoms. — This disease is easily detected when it is 
well established. There is a peculiar way of breathing — a 
long inspiration followed by a short expiration and a jerking 
motion at the flank. The nostrils are enlarged and the 
muscles of the belly come greatly into play. On a damp, hot, 
sultry day the symptoms are much increased, and ma> 
become very alarming, so much so that the animal may even 
appear to suffer from inflammation of the lungs. Examine 
the pulse, however, and it will be found that they are beating 
about natural. In heaves there is a loud, hacking, painful, 
Whisky .... 
Ale or Beer 
1 wine glass full. 
V2 pint. 
Saltpetre or Nitrate of Potash 
Tartar Emetic 
Ground Gentian Root 
J4 pound. 
y% pound. 
54 pound. 
