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he becomes delirious. Give him water, and although he 
attempts to drink he is unable to do so because of paralysis 
of the gullet. These symptoms are soon followed by death. 
Care should be taken to ascertain the cause in order to 
remove it if possible, because other horses similarly exposed 
may also develop the disease. 
Treatment. — If noticed before it has gone too far there is 
hope of recovery; but if the animal is down and unable to 
swallow the chances are against him. As soon as the disease 
is noticed, take one-half pail of blood from him and give 
Bitter Aloes 8 drams. 
Sweet Spirits of Nitre 1 ounce or 4 dessertspoonfuls. 
Mix in a pint of lukewarm water and give as a drench, 
then follow with a powder of: 
Mix well together and give a teaspoonful on the tongue 
every three hours until there is relief. Apply a mustard 
plaster and hot cloths to the back and cover the body warm. 
Should he get down turn him over from side to side three 
times a day, and be very careful while drenching for fear of 
choking him. Feed soft food, with plenty of boiled flaxseed 
in it, and give plenty of cold water to drink. 
8. Chorea. 
This is an affection of the nervous system, in which the 
horse loses the power to back up. 
Causes. — It is due to an injury of the spinal cord. Cases 
have been met with in which chorea attacked a colt after 
castration, but we are of the opinion that even then the 
chances were that it was due to an injury as a result of 
casting rather than to the effect of the operation. 
Symptoms. — The most noticeable symptom of course is 
the inability to back up. In all probability he is useful in 
other ways, will be able to pull and do anything ordinarily in 
the shape of work so long as it requires only going ahead, but 
try to force him to go backward and his tail rises, the muscles 
of the hind quarters shiver^ but backing up is out of the 
question,. 
Bicarbonate of Soda 
Ginger 
1 dessertspoonful. 
1 dessertspoonful. 
Powdered Nux Vomica 
Nitrate of Potash or Saltpetre 
Hyposulphite of Soda , 
54 pound. 
yi pound. 
^ pound. 
