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snould consist in cooling the horse down by a dose of physic and a some- 
what lower diet ; but if the bleeding is very persistent, and returns again 
and again, a saturated solution of alum in water may be syringed up the 
nostril daily, or, if this fails, an infusion of matico may be tried, which is 
far more likely to succeed. It is made by pouring half a pint of boiling 
water on a drachm of matico-leaves, and letting it stand till cool, when it 
should be strained, and is fit for use. 
H2MORRHAGE FROM THE LUNGS is a far more serious affair, and its 
control requires active remedies if they are to be of any service. It may 
arise from the existence of an abscess in the lung of a phthisical nature, 
which implicates some considerable vessel ; or it may be caused by the 
bursting of an aneurism, which is a dilatation of a large artery, and 
generally occurs near the heart. The treatment can seldom do more than 
prolong the life of the patient for a short time, and it is scarcely worth 
while to enter upon it. Bleeding from the jugular vein will arrest the 
internal hemorrhage, and must often be resorted to in the first instance, 
and there are internal medicines which will assist it, such as digitalis 
and matico; but, as before remarked, this only postpones the fatal 
termination. 
CHAPTER XXVIII. 
DISEASES OF THE ABDOMINAL VISCERA AND THEIR APPENDAGES. 
GENERAL REMARKS—DISEASES OF THE MOUTH AND THROAT—GASTRITIS—STOMACH 
STAGGERS—DYSPEPSIA-—BOTS —INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS—COLIC—DIARRHGA 
AND DYSENTERY—STRANGULATION AND RUPTURE—CALCULI IN THE BOWELS—WORMS— 
DISEASE OF THE LIVER—OF THE KIDNEYS—OF THE BLADDER—OF THE ORGANS OF 
GENERATION, 
GENERAL REMARKS. 
THOUGH NOT OFTEN PRODUCING what in horse-dealing is considered 
unsoundness, yet diseases of the abdominal viscera constantly lead to 
death, and frequently to such a debilitated state of the body, that the 
sufferer is rendered useless. Fortunately for the purchaser, they almost 
always give external evidence of their presence, for there is not only 
emaciation, but also a staring coat and a flabby state of the muscles, which 
is quite the reverse of the wiry feel communicated to the hand in those 
instances where the horse is “ poor” from over-work in proportion to his 
food. In the latter case, time and good living only are required to restore 
the natural plumpness ; but in the former, the wasting will either go on 
until death puts an end to the poor diseased animal, or he will remain in 
a debilitated and wasted condition, utterly unfit for hard work. 
DISEASES OF THE MOUTH AND THROAT. 
SEVERAL PARTS ABOUT THE MOUTH are liable to inflammation, which 
would be of little consequence in itself, but that it interferes with the 
feeding, and this for the time starves the horse, and renders him unfit for 
his work, causing him to “quid” or return his. food into the manger 
without swallowing it. Such are lampas, vives or enlarged glands, barbs 
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