482 MA?fFAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 



Eemedies. — Where there is very great swelling, the most 

 speedy way of affording relief, is, to make an incision with 

 a sharp penknife, a scalpel, or other instrument, beneath the 

 short ribs, and insert a quill so as to allow the air to escape. 

 When effectually got rid of, the external surface of the 

 wound is protected by a piece of adhesive plaster. However, 

 this remedy should never be resorted to except in cases of 

 extreme necessity, as the operation can seldom be performed 

 without wounding some of the important blood-vessels. It 

 sometimes, also, happens, that whenever the instrument 

 has penetrated the paunch, the pressure of the condensed 

 air within, by rushing through the wound with extreme 

 violence, produces a great rent, involving imminent dan- 

 ger to the life of the animal. 



This desperate remedy is, however, not very often re- 

 quired, as medicines given internally, if promptly adminis- 

 tered, will generally have the effect of relieving the animal. 

 The medicines are various. The following has been found 

 effectual : — 



Gin or whisky . . 1 pint. 



Water .... 1 pint. 



It has been found that the following affords relief : — 



Olive-oil ... I pint, 



Hogs' lard, or butter melted 1 pint ; 



tv) be mixed together, and administered by means of a 

 worn, perforated at the smaller end. If no relief is visible 

 in half-an-hour, the same quantity to be repeated. A 

 pint of castor-oil is said to be as good a remedy as any 

 other, and probably much better than the one above. The 

 following recipe has been recommended, and has the ad- 

 vantage of being less costly : — 



