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per day. Gruel^ when the horse could take nothing 

 else for his sustenance, was given in drenches frequent- 

 ly- Injections, to produce speedy evacuations, com- 

 posed of any thing cooling and laxative, are very useful. 

 I used a decoction of the black snake root and peach 

 leaves, with oily shad pickle, salt, soap and molasses, at 

 different times, and in various combinations. JBrewer^s 

 yeast, was also plentifully given, in drenches and clys- 

 ters. All my sick horses, one excepted, took some ca- 

 lomel. To the one recovered, the mercury was admi- 

 nistered, in various ways. It was given in balls, licked 

 in with salt, and mercurial ointment rubbed in, near the 

 region of the liver. This horse, by the advice of an ex- 

 perienced friend, was roxvelled and blistered. As soon 

 as the blisters (produced by the potatoe Jli/ ; fLytta vit- 

 tataj a most powerful vesicatory) rose, he began to sa- 

 livate freely, shewed evident signs of recovery; and 

 continued mending from that moment. 



The first purges should consist of aloes and calomel; 

 two ounces at least, of the former, and two drachms, of 

 the latter, with half an ounce of ere me of tartar.^ If the 

 clysters are rejected, the rectum should be raked by a 

 small hand and arm; and the indurated foeces removed. 

 X am confident that rowels and blisters are very efficaci- 

 ous, as auxiliaries. The rowels were fix^d between 

 the fore legs : the blisters on the soft parts, under the 

 belly and throat. The short hairs were shaved off, to 



* The bile being acrid and calculated to stimulate and pro- 

 mote the peristaltic motion of the intestines, acids should not 

 be used too plentifully. Some distinguish between mineral 

 and vegetable acids, in bilious cases. 



