DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE KORSE. Ill 



Iodide of Potassium, ^ pound. 



Nitrate of Potash or Saltpetre ^ " 



Mix thoroughly together and give a teaspoonful three times 

 a day in his feed or on his tongaie with a spoon. In cases where 

 the cause is from high feeding and little exercise, feed light, soft 

 food and give regular exercise. 



YELLOWS (JAUNDICE.) 



This is, perhaps, the most common disease of the liver. 



Causes. — From inflammation of the liver, from gall stones 

 stopping up the tube which leads from the liver to the bowels, 

 from weakening diseases, such as influenza or distemper, from an 

 abscess forming in the liver or from any other disorder of the liver, 

 where the bile is not taken from the blood. 



Symptoms. — The bowels become constipated and the manure 

 is of a dark clay color, the animal is dull and does not feed well, 

 the lining of the mouth and around the eyes is of a yellow color, 

 from which it gets the name, jaundice. 



Treatment.— If it is in the spring of the year, by turning him 



out on the grass it will often effect a cure itself, if not, and the 



animal is in fair condition, give 



Bitter Aloes 4 drams. 



Calomel ^ dram. 



Mix in a pint of luke warm water and give as a drench, or it 

 is sometimes mixed in the form of a ball (as to how to make a 

 ball refer to the receipts in the back of this book). After this 

 follow up with the following powder: 



Iodide of Potassium ^ pound. 



Nitrate of Potash or Saltpetre J «' 



Mix together and give a teaspoonful three times a day. 

 Feed the animal on soft, nourishing food, such as boiled oats, 

 scalded chop stuff and bran, with plenty of boiled flaxseed, and 

 allow him gentle exercise every day, this will generally effect a 

 cure. 



BILE STONES (BILIARY CALCULI.) 



This disease is not so common in horses as it is in man, but 

 ^hey may exist in great numbers, and if they do they stop the 

 Pow of the bile out of the liver and cause the bile to be absorbed 

 hack again into the blood, then it sets up jaundice. Persons liv- 

 •ng high and taking little exercise are liable to the^e stones. 

 This same rule holds good in horses. 



