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every two hours until the animal is relieved of the thumping 
noise. If warm weather, apply a woolen blanket wrung out 
of hot water to the chest, with a dry one outside of it. If cold 
weather it is better to apply a mustard plaster around the 
back part of the chest and cover the body well. In some 
cases, after giving a few doses of the above mixture, if he 
does not get relief, it would be well to give 
Spirits Turpentine 1 ounce, or 4 dessertspoonfuls. 
Raw Linseed Oil 1 pint. 
Mix and give as a drench. After he is getting better 
feed well and give regular exercise, and bring him gradually 
back to his regular work. 
19. Rupture of the Diaphragm. 
This is rupture of the curtain which separates the lungs 
from the bowels, and, if the rupture be large enough to let 
the bowels pass through in unto the lungs and heart, death 
soon follows. 
Causes. — Pulling a heavy load up a steep hill, or high 
jumping may cause rupture of the diaphragm. Sometimes it 
results from acute indigestion, when the stomach is full of 
gas, or from getting up and down. An animal may some- 
times lie down a little too heavy, causing a great strain on 
the curtain, causing it to become ruptured. 
Symptoms. — There is a frothy spume from the nostrils, 
very heavy and quick breathing and a breaking out in sweat 
over the body. The pulse runs up very high — sometimes as 
high as 100 beats per minute — and gets very weak. There is 
an appearance of suffocating, and if ruptured to any great 
extent the symptoms gradually get worse ; the legs and ears 
get cold, when death relieves him. 
Treatment. — Little can be done in this case, except to 
give 
Laudanum 1 ounce, or 4 dessertspoonfuls. 
Mix in a pint of water and give as a drench. This may 
be given once in a while only to relieve the pain. 
