

116 OBAJfGE COUNTY 



SYMPTOMS. The symptoms are he frequently looks 

 ronnd at his flanks, his breathing is laborious, and the 

 pulse is quick and small ; . the mouth is hot, and the 

 legs and ears are warm. 



TREATMENT. If it proceeds from the feed, change 

 of diet will generally be sufficient. Unless the purging 

 is excessive, and the pain and distress great, the 

 surgeon should hesitate at giving any astringent 

 medicine at first ; but administer gruel, thin starch, or 

 arrowroot, by the mouth and by clyster, and remove 

 all hay and corn, and particularly green feed. If, 

 however, twelve hours have passed, and the purging 

 and the pain are undiminished, continue the gruel, 

 adding to it chalk, catechu, and opium, repeated every 

 six hours. As soon as the purging begins to subside, 

 the astringent medicine should be lessened in quantity, 

 and gradually discontinued. The horse should be 

 warmly clothed, and placed in a comfortable stable, 

 and his legs should be hand-rubbed and bandaged. 

 Bayberry bark and charcoal are powerful astringents. 



If the disease depends upon deranged digestive 



