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a little sweet oil be given. A liniment composed of 

 four ounces of the flour of mustard, and half the 

 quantity of the oil of turpentine and the water of 

 ammonia, should be rubbed on the loins ; after 

 which, let them be well clothed, or covered with a 

 fresh sheep or lamb's skin. If this does not remove 

 the constant straining to stale, let the following 

 clyster be employed : 



Tincture of opium, - - H ounce. 

 Thin gruel, . - _ 1 quart. 



Or else, 



Crude opium, - - 1^ drachm. 



Dissolved in warm water, and mixed with gruel. 

 If the animal is very thirsty, an infusion of linseed. 

 or a decoction of marsh mallows, is the properest 

 drink. 



Dr. Clater makes the following remark upon this 

 disease : — Country farriers treat this disease very 

 improperly, by giving hot stimulating drenches, 

 witliout first properly qualifying them with others.' 

 The doctor then gives us the following prescription. 



Castile soap, _ _ 1 ounce. 



Salt of tartar, - - half an ounce. 



Balsam copaiva, - - 1 ounce. 



Oil of juniper, - - half an ounce. 



Camphor, . - - 2 drachms. 



Tincture of opium, - half an ounce. 



Treacle, - _ - 4 ounces. 



For one dose. To be repeated every day, or every 

 other day, as the symptoms may require. 



* If Dr. Clater,' observes Mr. White, ' wished to 

 produce inflammation of the kidnies, I would have 

 given him credit for great ingenuity ; for surely a 

 more likely method could not, with any appearance 

 of seriousness, have been proposed. Fortunately, 

 however, both for the animals and their owners, it 



