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rising and falling of the testicles. Remedy : take two quarts 

 of milk and 1 lb. of glu ; warm and mix. Give by means of a 

 drenching pipe. Mix uncooked moth flour in half the above 

 quantity of milk and ghl, and feed the horse on that instead of on 

 grain^ gi^iuin ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ evening and half next morning. Should 

 the mixture of hot milk and ghl not have the desired eifect of 

 opening the bowels and relieving the stomach of gas, continue to 

 give the above quantity daily till relief is obtained. Item : brand 

 the belly all round in front of the sheath, the brand being of a size 

 that can be covered by the palm of the hand. 



CHAPTER XIV 



TETANUS {GIIANDNI-ZADA, adj., and CHANDNI,^ subs.) 



Regard a horse that has recovered from an attack of tetanus as 

 being granted a new lease of life. As long as the horse's jaws are 

 open, continue the following treatment : Procure a fowl, remove 

 its beak and shanks, and pound the whole carcase, guts and all, 

 to a soft mass in a mortar ; then add 4 lbs. of maheld,^ 4 ozs. 

 of pepper-corns, and a quart of shardb.^ Give this quantity 

 every evening for forty days. The drinking-water should be 

 made quite warm; further keep the horse in a warm stable free 

 from draughts. Instead of the fowl, the flesh of jackals or of 

 palm-squirrels*^ is often substituted; though often beneficial, this 



1 Lit. " being moonstruck," or simply " moon-light." In the 

 Zinaf^ 'l-Khayl also qaysar-zada. 



2 Maheld, i.e., 4 lbs. of the aconite-leaved kidney bean boiled and 

 mashed. Vide also Note 6, p. 18. 



8 Nowadays, by shardb, brandy is meant. Perhaps the author moans 

 native wine. 



* The flesh of these two animals is considered stimulating, and is 

 usually given in the form of a thick broth. 



In the Derajat, tetanus, or in fact any unknown disease, is styled 

 simakJi. The patient is at once fired, two circular lines being drawn 

 round the eyes, and a Plimsoll line round the whole body. Amongst 

 the Balucliis it is the custom to make two circular brands on the stomach 

 for colic. By Pathans, an unthrifty horse that is tucked-up or light- 

 carcassed, is branded with these lines on each flank " to make it fat " 

 or jholiddr. Vide note 6, p. 33. 



