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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
Powdered foxglove . 12 grains, 
Emetic tartar . . 3 grains, 
Nitre, powdered . . 1 drachm. 
If for a large dog, let it be made into six powders; for one 
of a middling size, nine ; and for a small one, twelve. One 
to be given every three hours, until the symptoms are abated, 
and then they may be given every six hours, for a day after¬ 
wards. The animal must be kept very warm. If the 
powders produce vomiting, they must be divided into two 
parts each, and given less frequently. 
ASTHMA. 
Confinement and high feeding are the causes of asthma; 
a complaint to which dogs are very liable, and are attacked 
with it at any period of life, but more especially at three or 
four years, where they are over-fed; but with those who 
are less pampered, it is seldom known until they are six or 
seven. It may be brought on at an earlier period by severe 
colds, and inflammatory complaints in the lungs. When it 
proceeds from over-feeding, it is caused by an accumulation 
of fat in the regions of the heart and lungs. It manifests 
itself by a short, harsh, and dry cough, and difficulty in 
breathing, more particularly when the animal has been much 
exercised, or by catching cold. This malady generally comes 
on gradually. Remedies should be adopted as soon as any 
indications of the complaint are noticed ; otherwise, if 
allowed to attain a height, it is likely to prove fatal. 
Remedies. —If there appear to be inflammation at an 
early stage of the complaint, bleeding will be necessary 
which should be followed by gentle alteratives. The follow¬ 
ing purgative must be administered 
