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another, the distinctive symptoms of both we shall point 

 out when we treat of them. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER. 



SviMi'TOMs. — Although this disease is rare in horses, it 

 nevertheless occasionally occurs, and is not easily to he 

 detected from inflammation of the boAvels. Its principal 

 characteristic is a restlessness in the animal, without the 

 appearance of sufiering that pain which accompanies other 

 inflammatory complaints. 



Remedy. — The following should be given for two or three 

 days successively, in the form of a small ball : — 



Compound extract of colocyntli . 7 grains, 



Calomel 6 grains. 



Syrup 1 drachm. 



Sliould the above not remove the uneasy symptoms, it will 

 be necessary to have recourse to a veterinary surgeon. 



THE JAUNDICE, OR YELLOWS. 



Symptoms. — The eyes are yellow, as well as the skin of 

 the mouth, and also the other naked parts. The dung is 

 voided in small, hard balls, and the urine of a high yellow 

 colour; the appetite is blunted, and general weakness 



evinces itself. 



Causes. — This complaint is occasioned by some obstruc- 

 tion in the single duct — for the horse has but one — through 

 which the bile is conducted from the liver to the intestines ; 

 or from an increased and undue quantity of bile. The 

 horse being destitute of a gall-bladder, the bile flows imme- 

 diately as it is formed. 



Remedies. — Purgatives must be employed to restore the 

 functions of the organs to their healthy condition. These 



