J3Q NAVIN ON THE HOKSE. 



Assist the operation of tlie pliysic by giving tlie following 

 injection : 



Take— Thick soapsuds ^ S^ on. 



Common salt -^ ^ 



Mix. Throw it up the bowels with considerable force. 



I give another formula for a cathartic, that may be used in 

 place of the above : 



Take— Croton oil " ^°?^' 



Crude mercury ^ S^ams. 



,„ , 1 pint. 



Warm water ^ 



Mis, and give as a drench. 



When no one can be found soon who can bleed in the neck, 

 the following course should be pursued: Let a person station 

 -himself as high above the horse's head as possible, and pour a 

 stream of cold water on the head, until signs of recovery are 

 .observed; and, after this, continue the pourmg m .^.llo. 

 stream or stopping for short intervals, just so as to keep the 

 ^^Ti^^cZ. \he physic and injection must be given as 

 soon a possible, and the horse bled as soon as it can be done 

 The application of a stream of water, even when the horse has 

 ^ en immediately bled, will be of benefit. Bivt .d.atever is 

 done many cases will be fatal, as the blood-vessels of the bram 

 are often broken in the early part of the attack. 



If saved from the first attack, the horse should be moder- 

 ^tely fed, and his system kept from becoming too full, by an 

 1^;^ bleeding'and physicking ; should not for ^ 

 months, be put to work again; and should never have a tight- 

 "bearing rein on him. 



EPILEPSY, OR FITS. 



This is a convulsive disease which occasionally happens the 

 3rsc It resembles the common fits of the human family. 

 ^„ta..-The animal stops, trembles, looks vacantly 



