Live Stock, Difcafes of Horfcs Staggers Worms* 727 



the ufe of balls compofed of one ounce and a half of Venice turpentine and one 

 drachm of purified opium, with two drachms of powdered ginger, the bowels being 

 occafionally cleared by the ufe of clyfters of gruel in the proportion of three or 

 four quarts. Warm gruel, with bruifed carraway feeds boiled in it, may alfo be 

 occafionally given with benefit. 



The ftaggers is a difeafe that is frequently much relieved by bleeding ; after 

 which, benefit may be produced by the giving of a ball formed of two drachms of 

 calomel, with an ouri;:e of aloes, and two drachms of powdered ginger, made up 

 with honey. Strong clyflers may alfo be had recourfe to with benefit, and mafties 

 of bran, oatmeal, or malt, be frequently made ufe of. 



In the ftrangles, after taking away blood in proportion to the (late of inflamma 

 tion, advantage may be derived from the ufe of a powder conftituted of one ounce 

 of powdered nitre, a drachm of camphor, with half an ounce of powdered anifecd, 

 given twice a day in a quart of gruel. The horfe fhould be warmly clothed about 

 the head, and mafhes of bran and oatmeal be frequently given. Saturnine fo 

 mentations may be applied frequently warm, by means of flannels, to the tumefied 

 glands ; or a bran poultice may be equally effectual; and much relief may be af. 

 forded to the cough, and forenefs of the throat, by having the horfe to breathe 

 through a nofe-bag of fcalded bran occafionally for a fhort time.* 



The yellows is a difordcr very common in young horfes, without being attended 

 with fever: in thefe cafes much relief is often afforded by a bolus compofed of one 

 ounce of powdered aloes, a drachm of calomel,and half an ounce of Venetian fbap, 

 given every fccond or third night. And a ball formed of half an ounce of nitre, 

 with an equal quantity of powdered refin and common foap, may be employed with 

 advantage in the intervening mornings. Mafhes and warm water fhould be plen 

 tifully given, and the horfe kept warm by clothing, as well as fully exercifed.f 



Where worms prevail in horfes, whatever the kind may be, great benefit may be 

 produced by a powder compofed of a drachm of calomel with half an ounce of pow 

 dered anifeed, given in the evening in a little treacle; and in the following morning 

 a bolus formed of an ounce of aloes in powder, with two drachms of powdered 

 ginger and a little treacle ; or a powder formed of half an ounce of aschiops mineral, 

 with an equal quantity of crude antimony and anifeed in powder. With thefe re 

 medies there is little danger of the horfe being injured by cold, or occafion for any 

 alteration in his food. 



* Denny s Treatife on the Difeafes of Horfes. f Ibid, 



