28 PRIVATE PRESCRIPTIONS 
Cause—Exposure, standing in cold draft of wind when 
warm; driving animal until he is hot and then allowing 
him to cool quickly. 
HOW TO KNOW IT. 
There is short, hurried breathing which may assume a 
noisy character and the patient sometimes seems as if 
threatened with suffocation. The cough which is usually 
the first symptom noticed is a dry hacking one. A violent 
fit of coughing may be iuduced by exerting pressure upon 
the larynx. In some instances the difficulty in swallowing 
is so great that water and sometimes food are returned 
through the nose. The head is generaily poked out and 
carried stiffly, and saliva dribbles from the mouth. The 
temperature commonly runs from 102° to 104° and pulse 
will be found quick ani small, running from 55 to 75 
beats per minute, depending upon the amount of fever. 
‘WHAT TO DO. 
Clothe warmly and shelter from storms Rub mustard 
paste well in on throat from one ear to the other, and 
should this fail to give the desired relief in eighteen hours 
try a linseed meal poultice, having it as hot as patient will 
bear it. If the pulse shonld go beyond 50 beats per minute 
use this: 
PRESCRIPTION. 
Aconite tinct of . 2... 3). > Wie 
Belladonna Fluid Extract of . . . 2 drachms 
Water, add sufficient quantity, . . 4 ounces 
Mix and give one tablespoon full every 2 or 3 hours as 
indicated. Should the pulse run over 60 beats to the min- 
