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Show BROKEN WIND IS INCURABLE Any Treatment Given Can Only Bo Palliative Every Dealer Has His Specific for Trouble. (By W. n. GIUDEaT.) Broken wind Is tho old-fashioned nnmo glvon to Clio chronic lung complaint, com-plaint, associated with difficult broath lng in which, In markod cases, tho act of expiration Is performed by a double effort, inspiration boing littlo, if at all, removed from normal. Wo havo only to look at a horoo's flank to sco this doublo effort and abdominal ab-dominal breathing, and pross his throat with the fingers nnd thumb in other words to rough him In ordor to soo if ho is brokon wlndod or not. Tho cough is characteristic, spas modlc at first, but as .tho disease ad vances becomes Binglo, short and bud Broken-Winded Horse. pressed. Tho trouble is incurable, and tho troatment, thoroforo, can only bo palliative. Tho difficulty In breathing increases whon tho stomach and bowels aro congested con-gested with food and wator. Both aro to bo glvon only In small quantities at a timo. Groon food and cut grass should bo fed at intervals. Tho food Bhould always ho dampened damp-ened with wator. Dusty or burned hay Is to bo ayolded, as aro also chopped straw and overrlpo ryo grass. It Is a good plan to mix a quartor of a pint of llnsood oil with each feed. As rogards medicinal agents, their action on brokon wind can only bo temporary. Every dealer has his spociflc for this dlBoaso. Somo glvo tho animal a pound of lard, or any sort of food fat mado Into bills, whilo othors glvo a quantity of leadon shot. Asubcutanooua Injection of morphia many resort to. Thcso things do no pormanont good, but as tho palliative troatment, it care fully carried out, is of great benefit to tho poor animal, it may bo looked upon as tho only treatment for a brokon-wlndod horso. |