CLYSTERS. 29 



(RECIPE, No. 12.) 



Clyster. 



Take — Warm water, four quarts; 

 Glauber's salts, four ounces; 

 Treacle, four ounces ; 

 Sweet oil, half a pint : 



Dissolve the salts and treacle in warm water, 

 then add to them the oil. 



Before the clyster is given, a small hand should 

 be dipped in or rubbed with the same, and passed 

 up his fundament, to bring away the hardened 

 dung, which is frequently the chief cause of his 

 swelling. The clyster should be administered 

 with a pipe ten or twelve inches long, and a strong 

 bladder fixed at one end thereof; the liquid to be 

 forced through the pipe, by twisting the bladder 

 with your hands. As soon as the horse has re- 

 ceived it, take away the pipe, and immediately 

 put a wisp of straw to the horse's fundament, 

 holding it there with the tail for the space of ten 

 miimtes. These rules should be observed in ad- 

 ministering all clysters ; and the pipe here men- 

 tioned is much better than a syringe, because the 

 latter will make the horse start and cause him to 

 eject the clyster immediately. Before the present 

 chapter is concluded, it will be necessary to pro- 

 pose a useful drink for a race-horse, or a hunter, 

 after a hard day's fatigue. 



