the legs. The diet should consist of
soft feed--bran mashes, scalded oats, linseed gruel, and, best of all,
fresh grass, if in season. The manger, or trough, should neither be too
high nor too low, but a temporary one should be constructed at about
the height he carries his head. Having to reach too high or too low may
cause so much pain that the animal would rather forego satisfying what
little appetite he may have than inflict pain by craning his head for
feed or water. A supply of fresh water should be before him all the
time; he will not drink too much, nor will the cold water hurt him.
Constipation (if present) must be relieved by enemas of warm water,
administered three or four times during the twenty-four hours.

A liniment composed of 2 ounces of olive oil and 1 each of solution of
ammonia and tincture of cantharides, well shaken together, may be
thoroughly rubbed in about the throat from ear to ear, and about 6
inches down over the windpipe, and in the space between the lower jaws.
This liniment should be applied once a day for two or three days.

If the animal is breathing with great difficulty, persevere in steaming
the nostrils, and dissolve 2 drams of chlorate of potassium in every
gallon of water he will drink; even if he can not swallow much of it,
and even if it is returned through the nostrils, it will be of some
benefit to the pharynx as a gargle.

An electuary of acetate of potash, 2 drams, honey, and licorice powder
may be spread on the teeth with a paddle every few hours. If the pain of
coughing is great, 2 or 3 grains of morphin may be added to the
electuary.

When the breathing begins to be loud, relief is afforded in some cases
by giving a drench composed of 2 drams of fluid extract of jaborandi in
half a pint of water. If benefit is derived, this drench may be repeated
four or five hours after the first dose is given. It will cause a free
flow of saliva from the mouth.

In urgent cases, when suffocation seems inevitable, the operation of
tracheotomy must be performed. To describe this operation in words that
would make it comprehensible to the general reader is a more difficult
task than performing the operation, which, in the hands of the expert,
is simple and attended with little danger.

The operator should be provided with a tracheotomy tube (to be purchased
from any veterinary instrument maker) and a sharp knife, a sponge, and a
bucket of clean cold water. The place to be selected fo