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remedy is not to be depended npon. To discover whether a horse 

 is suffering from lock-jaw or not, hammer it with the fist on the 

 forehead, and if the eyes immediately turn up so that only the 

 white is visible, the horse is so affected. There are no other means 

 of discovering early whether the horse is suffering from tetanus 

 than these. 



If — which God forbid — the jaws are firmly closed, try the 

 following in spite of its absurdity. Get ten or twenty diapers 

 soiled by a woman's menses, and boil in ten quarts of water till 

 reduced to half. Make the horse drink this through its nostrils, 

 and continue the remedy for five days. Then cleanse yourself 

 ceremoniously by bathing in the Ganges.^ 



CHAPTER XV 



CHEST-FOUNDERS {CHHATI-BAND ob SINA-BAND, adj.) 



An attack of shoulder-lameness, if slight, may be easily cured ; but 

 if severe, a complete recovery seldom takes place. To discover 

 this disease stand in front of the horse, place your hand on its 

 forehead and push it firmly back a little. Should you not have to 

 exert any great strength in pushing the horse back, you may rest 

 assured that the chest is sound enough. Should the horse, how- 

 ever, hesitate to step back, it is a sign that there is something 

 wrong. Remedy : take 8 ozs. of the young sprouting leaves of 

 the castor-oil plant, with an equal quantity of khdrl nun.^ Pound 

 and mix, and give to the horse for three days. If no improvement 

 is then observed, try something else. Stop the horse's grain and 

 water, until a cure is effected. 



If the season is that of the hot- wind, you may give tepid water 

 (but as little as possible), in which ajava or omum seeds* have been 

 boiled, in the proportion of half a told to twenty^ quarts of water. 



1 Metaphorical, as the author was a Muslim. 



- A horse suffering from lamnitis, a disease until lately undiagnosed, 

 was called chhdti-band. The author apparently here means real 

 shoulder lameness. 



^ Khdrl-nun, a crude sulphate of soda, manufactured from the earth. 



* Ajwdyin (carum copticum). 



' A dhari, a weight equal to five seers. 



