136 NAVIN ox THE HORSE. 



Treatment. — The object of the treatment is to relieve the 

 spasm and prevent its return. In the first place, bleed from 

 ten to twelve quarts ; then apply a handkerchief to the nose, 

 wet with chloroibrm, until the jaws relax ; then have ready, and 

 give the following: 



Take — Laudanum 2 ounces. 



Tincture of asafcetida 2 ounces. 



Chloroform 2 ounces. 



Warm water 1 pint. 



Mix, and give as a drench. This is to be repeated every four hours, until 

 the horse seems well. 



After this, use the following : 



Take — Powdered asafcetida 2 ounces. 



Cream of tartar 3 ounces. 



Capsicum 1 ounce. 



Carbonate of iron 3 ounces. 



Mix, and divide into twelve parts, and give one every night, in thin gruel, as 

 a drench. 



Let the horse have plenty of salt. From the first, the horse 

 should be well blanketed, and the legs rubbed with alcohol and 

 Cayenne pejiper. The spine should also be rubbed with the 

 same, A poultice of lobelia herb, boiled with bran, should be 

 bound on so as to cover the under-jaw and come well up on 

 the sides of the cheeks. It may be kept moist by occasionally 

 pouring a little warm water on it. The diet of the horse 

 should be light and easily digested. He should be kepi quiet, 

 and in a comfortable stable.* 



Locked-jaw often results from wounds. In such cases, the- 

 wound should be carefully examined, and any splinter, shivers 

 of bone, or any thing of the kind, removed. 



Put a mustard poultice all along his spine, (back). 



PALSY. 



This is the complete or partial loss of power in the muscles 

 of some part of the body. There are three varieties met with ; 



