82' THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



Barbadoes Aloes - - - 1 ounce, 

 Castile Soap _ - - - 1 ounce, 

 Ginger . . _ - 1 drachm, 



made into a ball with treacle or honey. Should the 

 purging come on spontaneously, and the disorder not 

 relieved by it, use opium or catechu to stop it. After 

 which give — 



Tartar Emetic - - - 2 drachms, 

 Nitre - - - - 3 drachms, 



Cream of Tartar - - - 2 drachms, 

 made into a ball with treacle or honey, and adminis- 

 tered twice a day. But should the throat be too sore 

 to allow of the use of the ball, give the following 

 draught : — 



Emetic Tartar - - - 2 drachms, 



Nitre 3 drachms, 



dissolved in six or seven ounces of water ; to which 

 add of 



Simple Oxymel - - - 4 ounces^ 

 given twice or three times a day, as the judgment 

 directs. 



Cordials must be abstained from in this disease, as 

 they only serve to increase the inflammation. Keep 

 the horse well clothed, and procure green food if pos- 

 sible. Bran mashes may be likewise given. When 

 the breathing indicates any inflammatory symptoms on 

 the lungs, a blister to the chest will afford relief. 



Malignant and putrid epidemics of this kind have 

 occasionally visited different countries ; particularly 

 one in Italy, in 1712, and circumstantially narrated by 

 Lancisi. Osmer speaks of a distemper which he says 

 was prevalent during no less a space than fifty years, 

 and that very frequently the svmptoms were very ma- 

 lignant in their natures. 



