186 Inflammation of the Bounds. 



aslring-ent medicines, opiates or cordials, ^vliich 'fiave been but too 

 often recommended in books, as remedies in this disease. Bleeding 

 must be had recourse to moderately; — from four to six quarts of blood, 

 according;,' to the size of the Horse, must be taken away. If the smell 

 of the fceces be exceedingly offensive, fi'om a piat to a quart of 

 castor oil, made warm for the purpose of being more readily and 

 effectually swallowed, should be given for a dose. 



For, notwithstanding the loose state of the Bowels, there is com- 

 monly in this disease some morbid acrid matters which require to be 

 evacuated; and not unfrequently, indeed, hardened^ knobs of dung 

 coated with the fat-like substance I have described, are voided along 

 with the thin slimy foeces. By way of internal fomentation tf) the 

 inflamed Bowels, six quarts of warm thin gruel, should be given :is 

 a Glyster every three or four hours, and the belly should be fomented 

 for fifteen or twenty minutes at a time, every two or three hours with 

 cloths dipped in water as hot as the hands can be borne in it. In 

 twenty-four hours after the Horse has been bled, m case the pulse be 

 not reduced in frequency, and especially if the .skin remain hot and 

 dry, a second bleeding may be had recourse to, and the whole of 

 the soft part of the belly should be blistered after the hair has 

 been rubbed perfectly dry. In cold weather the animal's skin should 

 be protected by cloathing, whether he may have been accustomed to 

 the use of it or not. The stable, nevertheless, sliould be well 

 ventilated, especially during summer and autumn. The Horse's bed 

 should be perfectly dry and ample. It larely happens thai the purg- 

 ing attendant on this species of Inflammation, goes the length of 

 occasioning great debility, but, even if this should be the case, the 

 use of astringents or opiates, except the disorder has been produced 

 by aloetic purgatives, would be highly improper. 



