356 S C O U R I N G, &c. 



an effort of Nature, prepares itfelf for ap- 

 proaching expulfion. The inteftines, from 

 the crude indigefted aliment, and inert ftate of 

 the bile, foon become relaxed, and their con- 

 tents run off almoft fpontaneoufly, the horfe 

 feeming little prepared for or concerned in the 

 event. The difcharges continuing, become in 

 a few days almoft inceffint, and conftitute fre- 

 quent irritations, and fevcre ftrainings to dung, 

 with no other effed than an ichorous fcalding 

 liquid, or trifling evacuations of flimy mucus, 

 from the internal coat (or lining of the in- 

 teflines. 



In this particular cafe there requires a ge-ie- 

 ral relief to the univerfal debility of the intef- 

 tinal trad; the firft ftep to which muft be to 

 flieath the acrimony, and reduce irritability in 

 both the firft and laft paffages ; then gradually 

 reftore the powers of digeftion, and invigorate 

 the whole fyftem by a courfe of fiomachic 

 reftoratives. 



THE ANODYNE RESTRINGENT BALL. 



Take of India rhubarb, and compound powder 

 of gum dragon, each half an ounce ; columbo 

 root (in powder) two dr^^chms ; ginger (in 



powder) 



