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Immediately after the first bleeding, inject the following into 

 the rectum, for the purpose of opening the bowels. It will not 

 do to give common physic. Warm water, one gallon, with 

 half an ounce of aloes dissolved in it, and a pint of linseed oil 

 mixed in. If the horse is very weak, use thin gruel in place 

 of the water. If the horse will drink water, about milk-warm, 

 let him have it freely. 



After the injection has been given, apply a blister, extending 

 from the point of the breast-bone back under the belly, and 

 about six inches up over the seat of greatest tenderness on the 

 side. For this purpose use the liquid blister. 



After the blister has raised, and the horse becomes quiet, 

 administer the following drench : 



Take — Warm water 1 quart. 



Powdered aloes 2 drams. 



Linseed oil 1 pint. 



Mix. This will open the bowels and not irritate them. 



As soon as possible, bandage the legs thick, and keep the 

 clothes wet with warm water. They must not be allowed to 

 get cold. He may be allowed to drink thin gruel after the 

 active symptoms of the disease pass off. When recovering, he 

 may have bran mashes and scalded shorts. 



If the case is caused by over-physicking, and the purging is 

 violent, give the horse plenty of thin gruel or starch. It can 

 be given as a drench, a quart at a time. By this means the 

 bowels are soothed, and the remains of any thing that was 

 irritating them may be carried off. After ten or twelve hours, 

 if the purging has not stopped, treat it as recommended for 

 diarrhea, which see. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE PERITONEUM. 



This is an inflammation of that extensive, tough, smooth 

 membrane which lines the inside of the walls of the abdomen 

 (or belly), and which is thrown in folds around all of the bowels 



