50 MODERN FARRIER. 



Mr. Gibson says, that ' as pleuretic disorders are 

 more apt to leave some taint on the lungs than 

 connnon colds or other inflammatory disorders, a 

 great deal of care must be taken upon his recovery, 

 that his feeding be proper and in right quantity, 

 and his exercise well-timed. A horse should be 

 kept to a light open diet for a fortnight on three 

 w^eeks, viz. a quartern of bran scalded every day, 

 and besides that two or three small feeds of the 

 cleanest and sweetest oats sprinkled with water. 

 Instead of the scalded bran, it will be well to give 

 him sometimes, for a change, about a quart of bar- 

 ley scalded in a double infusion of hot water, that it 

 may be softened, and the water may be given him 

 to drink. His exercise should be gradual, and in- 

 creased as he gathers strength, and always in an 

 open free air w^hen the weather is favourable. If 

 there be any remains of a cough, the air, with mo- 

 derate exercise, will tend greatly to remove it, and 

 the remedies usually given in chronic affections of 

 the chest should be resorted to. Purging is also j 

 proper after pleuritic diseases, but the purges should j 

 be very gentle. The following proportion will ge- 

 nerally suffice : 



Barbadoes aloes, - 6 drachms. 



Castile soap, - - half an ounce. 

 Ginger, - - - half a drachm. 



In a ball with syrup of buckthorn. 



• This may be given with the usual preparations 

 necessary in purging, and it will operate well with- 

 out occasioning either sickness or griping. 



' This ball may be repeated at the intervals of a 

 week, provided the horse does not appear weak after 

 the first dose.' 



When the horse appears recovering and cheerful, 

 and his appetite begins to retum, the following 

 drink is recommended : 



