SOO MODERN FARRIER. 



eyelid is not redder than usual, or if it is rather 

 paler ; if the pulse is nearly in its natural state ; and 

 particularly if the animal is rather loose^ or scours, 

 the bleeding should be moderate : and if he be 

 rather weak and low in condition, it had better be 

 omitted. The following anodyne drink is to be 

 given : <, 



Tincture of opium, - half an ounce. 

 Spirit of nitrous ether. 2 ounces, 



l^'ater, - - - 1 pint. 



Mix for one dose. 



* When the animal has been kept for some time 

 upon dry food, and he has been observed to dung 

 sparingly, and what he does void appears to be dis- j 

 charged with some difficulty, is more solid than 

 usual, of a different colour, or of an offensive smell, : 

 it shews that the disease is occasioned by costive- 

 ness ; in which case relief can only be obtained by 

 the laxative drink and clysters. Bleeding, however, 

 must not be omitted, particularly if the pulse is 

 quickened, the under siu'face of the eyelid redder 

 than natural, and the breathing disturbed. If the 

 laxative prove ineffectual, in removing th^ costive- 

 ness, it should be repeated.' 



4. Inflammation of the Liver. 



Sijnq^toms. — Cattle are more subject to diseases of 

 the liver than horses, because the latter have no gall 

 bladder ; but in the former is one of a considerable- 

 size. The symptoms of a diseased liver are very 

 complicated ; and hence we have a variety of nomi- 

 nal complaints. We shall treat of these subjects, as 

 far as we are acquainted with them, under the heads 

 Jaundice, Diarrhea, and Hepatic Consnmjotion. — 

 With respect to the acute inflammation of the liver, 

 when it does occur, it is to be treated in the same 

 manner as inflammation of the lungs, and is proba- 





