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Take Solution of aloes - - 2 ounces. 

 Solution of rhubarb - 2 do. 

 Good gruel - - - 1 quart. 



Repeat the above every three or four hours, 

 till full evacuation be obtained. Before the 

 costiveness is overcome, we should be careful 

 of increasing the distension of the bowels by 

 much liquid given by the mouth ; but when 

 a passage is obtained, make about three 

 quarts of good oatmeal gruel, and the same 

 quantity of linseed meal tea ; mix these well 

 together, and keep constantly warm, occa- 

 sionally horn a little down ; when consumed, 

 repeat the quantity. This must be the only 

 food the Horse has to live on, until a decided 

 amendment is apparent, when he may by 

 slow degrees be brought into the use of his 

 usual food ; but this at first must be dealt out 

 to him with a very sparing hand, fearing a 

 return of the disease, in which case it almost 

 always proves fatal. In case of the Horse 

 being very restless, a loose box would be the 

 most preferable place for him ; or if situated 

 in the country, where no such thing can be 

 obtained, the bay of a barn, or even the floor, 

 well littered down with straw, would be pre- 

 ferable to a stable or stall. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE INTESTINES FROM 

 SUPERPURGATION. 



As the former affection consists of a phleg- 

 monous inflammatory attack on the peritoneal 

 covering of the intestines, this latter is usu- 

 ally an afiection of their villous surface, the 

 consequence of the administration of improper 

 purging medicines, either as to quantity or 

 quality, by which such a state of irritation is 

 brought on, as ends in inflammation. It is 

 always accompanied with purging, where- 



as the forme? has almost aiways costiveness 

 connected with it ; neither is the pain so 

 acute in the latter, consequently the Horse 

 seldom expresses so much Uneasiness by roll- 

 ing or stamping. The pulse is also quick and 

 small, but seldom hard. If the symptoms of 

 inflammation be very active ; that is, if the 

 pain approaches distress, if the extremities feel 

 cold, and the pulse betokens much vascular 

 action, three quarts of blood may be drawn • 

 but unless these appearances exist in force, it 

 will be more prudent to omit it. Stimulants 

 should, however, be applied to the bowels, as 

 in inflammation of the bowels; the clothing 

 also should be warm, and means taken to 

 keep up the circulation in the extremities by 

 hand-rubbing and bandaging. The stable, 

 also, in this disease should be kept warm, 

 and give the following drink every four 

 hours : — 



Take Prepared chalk 

 Rice - - - 



1|^ ounce. 

 2 do. 



Boil the rice in three pints of soft water, until 

 it is a complete pulp ; then squeeze through 

 a fine cloth, add the chalk to the liquor, 

 breaking down the lumps, and give at a 

 proper warmth. As before instructed, give 

 every four hours. Should this not appear to 

 relieve the Horse, 



Take Laudanum - 

 Gum Arabic 



- 1 ounce. 



- 2 do. 



First boil the Gum Arabic, in rather more 

 than a quart of good oatmeal gruel, then add 

 the laudanum, and give as before directed. 

 Durino- the exhibition of the medicine, con- 

 tinue to give clysters of rice and water, to be 

 made as above directed. 



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