JAUNDICE. 119 



Though the jaundice in horses is of rare occur- 

 rence, I have, in the course of my practice, had 

 an opportunity of treating it several times ; and in 

 all the cases that I have seen, am led to conclude, 

 from the symptoms which presented themselves, 

 that this complaint in the horse is mostly dependant 

 on a morbid or inflammatory action of the liver, 

 by which the passage of the bile into the intestines 

 is obstructed, and, being taken up into the cir- 

 culating mass of fluids, constitutes the disease at 

 present under notice. I never had reason to sup- 

 pose, as some authors have asserted, that this 

 obstruction was caused by biliary calculi ; but that 

 such may sometimes be the case I shall not deny. 



My treatment then has been to remove this 

 morbid or inflammatory action, and to restore the 

 healthy functions of the liver ; and the following 

 remedies, made use of with these intentions, have 

 proved successful. First, let the horse be bled to 

 the quantity of three or four quarts, according to 

 size and strength ; and then give him the following 

 purge. 



(RECIPE, No. 83.) 

 Purging Ball. 



Take — Barbadoes aloes, from four to five drachms; 



White antimonial powder, and Castile soap, of 

 each two drachms j 



