334 C H O L I C, &c. 



This is to be repeated in three or four hour's, 

 if by the evacuation of foul indurated excre- 

 ments and expulfion of wind a proportion of 

 reHef is obtained, but the fjbjedt not perfedly 

 at eafe ; on the contrary, ihould no rehef be 

 obtained, and the horfe continue in extreme 

 pain, recourfe muft be inftantly had to the 

 following laxative drmky which, if circum- 

 Itances require, muft be occafionally repeated 

 till relief is obtained, by great expulfions of 

 wind or plentiful evacuations. 



Take fenna two ounces ; boll a few minutes in 

 three quarters of a pint of water, with three 

 drachms of ginger bruifed ; then ftrain and dif- 

 folve in the liquid four ounces of lenitive elec- 

 tuary, and fix drachms of foluble tartar ; adding 

 three ounces of tinfture of fenna, and one of the 

 tin6lure of jalap. 



So foon after this as the horfe is inclined, 

 fupply him frequently with fmall quantities of 

 fubftantial gruel moderately warm -, and when 

 he is fo much relieved that the pains have evi- 

 dently fubfided, in confequence of either of the 

 above modes of treatment, let him be fupplied 

 with comfortable mafhes, and warm water 

 ({lightly impregnated v/ith gruel) at proper 



intervals. 



