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commences to work, it will, perhaps, not operate 

 more than is desired : if it does, see " Over- 

 purging." 



Symptoms of the third : — Looks dull, hangs his 

 head, lies down gently, and occasionally, though 

 seldom, rolls, throwing himself on his back, and 

 yet without appearing griped. Pulse, natural. 

 Treatment : — Leave this state alone too : it 

 will sometimes occur, even when the horse has 

 been properly prepared, and the physic good ; but 

 if the uneasiness continues for an hour, or more, 

 throw up a clyster of warm salt and water. At 

 other times, all the symptoms of severe gripes 

 come on, and you must be quickly on your guard. 

 Back-rake immediately; then clyster with two 

 ounces of soap and two ounces of common salt, in 

 a gallon of thin warm rice congee. Then drench 

 with one drachm of oil of peppermint, or three 

 drachms of finely-grated ginger, and one ounce 

 of Epsom salts, in a quart of thin warm rice 

 congee; and throw three gallons of hot (hot 

 enough to burn and make him flinch, but not 

 scalding) water over his loins and belly. The 

 whole of this, excepting the back-raking, to be 

 repeated every hour ; trotting gentlij in the inter- 

 val. If, after three hours, the symptoms should 

 not be alleviated, and the pulse should rise be- 

 yond sixty, take away three quarts of blood, con- 



