42 PRIVATE PRESCRIPTIONS 
but nevertheless we occasionally run across it in this ani- 
mal. It is simply a turgescent state of the tissues of the 
lungs produced by stagnation of the capillary blood ves- 
sels. Under favorable conditions this disease improves 
readily and total recovery is the result, but in some in- 
stances inflammation of the tissues of the lungs takes place, 
resulting in pneumonia. | 
Cause—Over exertion when animal is not in condition to 
stand it. The blood being rich or overloaded with fatty 
products, or the patient’s being in too heavy flesh may be 
the cause of the congestion, and again the trouble may arise 
out of a weak pair of lungs, made so by a spe’l of sickness 
or otherwise. This trouble has been brought on by driv- 
ing too fast and too long when horse has not taken exer- 
cise for a week or two. 
HOW TO KNOW IT. 
The horse suddenly stops all out of breath, his nostrils 
are distended and his countenance has a look of profound 
anxiety upon it; he looks around as if ‘in search of fresh: 
air and paws the ground. The pnlse is small and quick 
and in the first stage there will be little or no fever. 
WHAT TO DO. 
Let patient stop if traveling and turn head towards the 
wind; loosen any part of the harness which may in the 
least interfere with the breathing. It is a very good plan 
to bleed in the mouth about the first or second bar. Allow 
animal thus affected cold water to drink, but in very small 
quantities ata time. Use the following 
