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thereby absorbed. Snow set before a horse for this purpose, id- 

 recommended ; or some may be thrown into the manger. The 

 experiment is worth trying. 



DISEASES. Heaves.— The symptoms of this disorder 

 are Well known. In early stages of the disease, the following 

 medicine has proved efficacious in the cure of several cases of 

 obstinate heaves : Take one pound and a half of good ginger 

 for a horse, give two table spoonfulls a day, one in the morn- 

 ing and the other in the evening, mixt with wheat bran. 



Film over the eyes. — Take a little clean hogVlard on 

 one end of your finger, rub it well in the quadrupid's eye, once 

 a day, for three or four days in succession, and it is said the 

 film will be removed effectually. 



Colic or gripes. — When occasioned by wind the horse 

 is often lying down and suddenly rising again with a spring, 

 and strikes his belly with his hind feet; stamps with his fore 

 feet ; refuses food ; stretches out his limbs ; his ears and 

 feet are alternately hot and cold ; falls into profuse sweats and 

 then into cold damps : and often tries to stool, but cannot. 

 This proceeds from a stoppage of urine, by a load of dung pres- 

 sing on the neck of the bladder which should be removed with 

 a hand dipt in oil. The following ball should be given as 

 soon as possible : Take Venice turpentine, and Juniper berries 

 pounded, of each one ounce, nitre, one ounce, oil of juniper 

 one drachm, salt of tarter two drachms : make into a ball 

 with honey or molasses: wash down with a horn or two of 

 warm gruel. The following drink has proved an effectual 

 eure. Take one ounce of juniper berries powdered, one 

 •unce of anniseeds, half a gill of spirits of turpentine, and 

 half a gill of liquid landanum : mixed in three half pints of warm 

 ale and sweetened with molasses : at the same time give warm . 

 opening clysters. If this does not give relief in an hour or 

 two, walk or trot the horse about gently, but not to jade him. 

 Another species of colic, is termed billions or inflamatory, and 

 is attended with most of the preceding symptoms. But a high 

 Ifever soon comes on with a panting and dryness of the mouth ; 

 the horse continues to throw out a Tittle hot dung, which ap- 

 pears blackish, or of a red color, and is of a foetid smell, this 

 denotes an approaching mortification. In this case the horse 

 should be immediately bled, as much as three or four quarts : 

 and it should be repeated m three or four hours, if the symp- 

 toms do not abate ; emolient cluster should be given, with 

 two ounces of nitre dissolved in it, two or three times a day. 

 The following cooling drink should be given every two or 

 tfcree boure, Ull aeverS gtooLi are produced ; afterwards to be 



