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FARMERS' REGISTER. 



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s;ilt, nnd five or six quarts ofwann wiileror jjruel ; 

 to whicli niny be luliicil half a pint of olive oil. 

 Then a carminiitivo tlreiich may lie jjiven ; niul 

 gill anil water, or Imuidy an.-l water, are perhaps 

 as siooil niedieines as can he had lor this purpose, 

 and possess the advaniaire of heinir irener.illy at 

 hand. Four ounces of sjiirit (o twelve of water, 

 are the proportions in which they maybe used; 

 that is. one pint of spirit and water should c.ontiiin 

 one-iburth spirit and ihrer-lburihs water. Should 

 the animal not appear relieved in the space of hall 

 an hour, the above remedies may be again resorl- 

 ed to with irreaier fieedom. 



The symptoms of colic are as fillow : the horse 

 appeals restless and uneasy ; frequently paws his 

 litter; looks round at his flanks; endeavors to 

 strike his belly ; liills down ; rolls on his back ; 

 gets up suddenly, and after a short time falls acrain, 

 with other demonstrations of extreme pain. The 

 mode of disiinuuishinix an attack of colic from in- 

 flammation of the bowels, will be seen by relerrinsx 

 to the svmioms of the latter complaint, under the 

 head " Inflammntion." 



Cold or Catarrh. — l^his disotder is fjenernllv in- 

 duced byexposinsj a horse to cold or wet, while in 

 a state of perspiration. Its symptoms are dulness 

 and waterinfT of the eyes, cou(jh, discharge from 

 the nostrils, sore throat, quickness of brealhinir, 

 general lassitude and accelerated pulse. (y/ 

 heallhy horse's pulse beats frnm thirty-six tn forty 

 strokes in a v.iinute.) As catarrh is an inflamma- 

 tory complaint, it is proper, in the first in-^fam'c, to 

 bleed largely : five or six quarts of blood mav be 

 drawn, unle.ss the animal become laint before that 

 quantity be abstracted. The diet should consist of 

 bran iiiashes,con!aininira small quantity of nitrate 

 of potash, (about half an ounce,) three times a 

 day; and the horse shoiiltl be kept in a cool sta- 

 ble, or loose box, or turned into a paddock. When 

 the throat is very sore, an emollient drink, com- 

 posed of decoction ot' itnrsh-mallows, or linseed 

 with mucilaue of acacia and liquorice, may be 

 given. When catarrh terminates in chronic 

 cough, the best remedy is attention to diet, ex- 

 ercise, and groominij. The horse should never be 

 allowed to overload his stomacii, especially with 

 hay ; his bowels should be kept moderatelv onen 

 by means of bran mashes or clvsters, when re- 

 quisite, and if the secretion of urine be faulty, it 

 may be increased by small doses of nitre. A 

 variety of medicines have been prescribed for 

 chronic cough ; as powdered squills, and o-um 

 ammoniac, one drachm of (he former to three of 

 the latter, made into a ball with caslile soap, li- 

 quorice powder, and syrup ; or a powder compos- 

 ed of two drachms of levig.iled antimonv, the 

 same quantity of nitre, and three drachiris of pow- 

 dered resin, to be taken cverv morninfr in a mash 

 imlil it a'cts as a diuretic. The following drench 

 may someiimps be found useful. 



Take one ounce of bruised squills, three of frar- 

 lic, and twelve of vinegar ; macerate the squills 

 and garlic in the viuetrar fir one hour in a mode- 

 rately warm oven ; then strain off the linuid, and 

 add one pound of honey or treacle. Three or 

 four ounces of this mixture may be siven at a 

 time in bad coughs ; and when frreat irritation ap- 

 pears to exist at)out the wind-pipe, one teaspoon- 

 ful of tincture of opium may be added to every 

 dose. 



Grease. — This disorder consists in a discharge 

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of stinking matter from the heels. On its first 

 appearance the hoive should take a dose of phy- 

 sic, and be kept on bran masnes, containing a lit- 

 tle nitre. The leg should be enveloped in a lar.'je, 

 warm, emollient pouhice; and this Ireatmrnt 

 should be continued until the pain attendant on 

 the complaint be removed, after which the pans 

 nuiy lie washed with a solution of blue vitrioh In 

 very inveterate cases, requiring strouirer applii-a- 

 lions. the Ibllovving lotion may be used instead of 

 the vitriol : 



Corrosive Sublimate, 

 Muriatic acid, 

 Water, 



1 drachm,- 

 3 drachms, 

 1 pint. 



When the disorder has been cured, there will fre-- 

 nerallv remainsomeswellingof the part, for whiclt 

 baiulases are the best remedy. 



Inflarnmaiion. — Under the term inflammation,- 

 may be classed fever, or general inflammatory ac- 

 tion of the whole systein, as well thtit which is 

 confified to particular parts, as the brain, lungs, 

 liver, bowels, &c. Jn all attacks of inflammation,- 

 there is a quickened pulse, heat, and redness of 

 the inner membrane of the eye-lids ; the horse is 

 generally dull, and unwilling to move, except in 

 inflammation of the brain, or mad staggers, 

 when he is extremely violent and dangerous to 

 approach : the urine is iii most instances scanty 

 and hi<xh-colored ; the dung voided in small 

 knobs, frequently covered with slime. In addi- 

 tion to lhei5e general symptoms, the breathin<:r is 

 laborious and oppressed incases of pleurisy or in- 

 flammaiion of the lungs, as may lie seen by the 

 heavins: of the flanks, and the dilatation of the 

 nostrils; and in inflammation of the bowels, the 

 horse, besides manilesting siirns of being griped, 

 appeals for some time dull and heavy, then be- 

 comes restless, as in cases of colic, his breathing 

 is sometimes disturbed, his pliise quick, the innrr 

 suffice of the eye-lid red, the extremities cold,- 

 and the appetite lost. If not speedily relieved, 

 the gripino: becomes so severe that he breaks out 

 inio profuse sweats; and at length, mad v/ith 

 pain, becomes violent, and dangerous to approach. 

 In all cases of inflammation, bleeding to a large 

 extent, from six to eiirht quarts, according to the 

 violence of the attack, is essentially necessary ; 

 and this, if the symptoms do not subside, must be 

 repeated. The "bowels should be hand-raked, a 

 clyster injected, and a dose of physic administer- 

 ed with the usual jirecautions. Diuretic balls 

 ?nay also be occasionally ffiven, when the disor- 

 der besins to give way, and the diet should con- 

 sist entirely of bran mashes. When the icflam- 

 malory attack has been subdued, a run at grass is 

 the best mode of recruiting the strength. In in- 

 flammation of the kidneys— which may be known 

 !iv the horse constantly endeavorinsr to stale, with- 

 out being able to efiect any evacuation, or ai most 

 to void but a small quantity of high-colored,- 

 bloody urine, and by a siifitiess of one or both 

 hind lens — the treatment, in addition to the iileed- 

 inij and puririnn; already recommended, may con- 

 sist in coveririi the loins with a li-esh flayed 

 sheep's skin, the wool side outwards, and a'iving 

 emollient drinks, as decoction of mar5h-m;dlow.s, 

 with mucilage of acacia, or decoction of linseed 

 with gum arabic. Inflammation of the bladder 

 mav i)f^ tr«^ated in the sfTme way as inflammation 

 of the kidneys ; but it is not necessary to ab- 



