10 MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 



day, and in some cases while working hard, more frequently, 

 and in smaller quantities. 



IvEMEDY. — The horse must be bled copiously in the jugular 

 or neck vein, taking at first from eight to ten quarts, as the 

 animal will bear it. After some little time has elapsed, this 

 should be repeated, but a less quantity of blood drawn off. 

 If the lower intestines, or rectum, is overloaded with dung, 

 the hand should be forced up the rectum, and the bowels 

 relieved in this way. K the animal exhibits symptoms of 

 relief, the following medicine should be administered, in the 

 form of a ball : — 



Barbadoes aloes . . 1^ ounce, 

 Calomel . . .2 drachms. 

 Ginger ... 3 drachms, 

 Jalap . . . -g- drachm ; 



these to be mixed with honey or treacle, in sufficient quan- 

 tity to form a ball. 



Sometimes a clyster is useful, which may be formed of 

 the following ingredients : — 



Oatmeal gruel . . 3 quarts. 

 Common salt . . 3 ounces, 



Olive oil . . . -^ pint, 

 or in its stead half-a-pound of butter. 

 Or the following : — 



A decoction of mallows . 3 quarts. 

 Lintseed oil . . . ^ pint. 

 Treacle . . . -^ pound. 



These clysters may be repeated twice or thrice with 

 beneficial eft'ect 



Blisters behind the ears, Cayenne pepper blown up the 

 nostrils, as well as bark and spices given internally, are 

 perfectly useless. Indeed the two former are ridiculous. 



