BROKEN WINU. 
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Lintseed . 1 pound, 
Treacle ... 8 ounces, 
Vinegar ... 1 pint. 
Let the lintseed be put into six pints .of hot water, and 
allowed to stand by the side of the fire until it has fairly 
taken the substance out of the seeds. Then let it be 
strained and the other ingredients mixed with it. Give 
the horse about half-a-pint of this five or six times during 
the course of the twenty-four hours. 
WHEEZING. 
This stage of the disorder is known by a wheezing sound 
being heard like that of the human being afflicted with 
asthma. It has its seat in the membranous lining of the 
windpipe, low down, where it separates into two branches, 
to convey the air to both lobes of the lungs ; there a mucus 
fluid lodges in the passages. Some old horses wheeze only 
after feeding, and when lying down. But with horses that 
are confirmed wheezers, they can be heard at all times. In 
purchasing horses it would be well to try them at a sharp 
trot or gallop, to ascertain if they are wheezers, as it is sure 
to manifest itself after action. Wheezers should not have 
too much hay, but enough of corn, which should be given 
frequently, as well as water. 
The drench mentioned at page 64 may be given with 
advantage in this complaint. 
PIPING. 
The seat of the disease in this stage is higher up than the 
former, and consists in a strict contraction of the trachea, 
which considerably diminishes its width. The sound pro¬ 
duced in consequence is a sort of shrill wheezing, nearly like 
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