112 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



JAUNDICE 



Is known among farriers as " the Yellows," and is 

 generally caused by the stoppage of the passage which 

 conveys the bile from the liver to the intestines. The 

 symptoms are usually irregular appetite, a languid ap- 

 pearance, with yellowness around the eyes and mouth. 

 The urine is highly coloured, and the dung comes away 

 in hard balls. 



Treatment. — The first thing is to gently open the 

 bowels ; to which end give 



Aloes - - - - - 2 drachms. 

 Calomel - _ _ - 1 drachm, 



Gentian _ - - - 2 drachms, 

 made into a ball, and administered twice a-day till they 

 produce effect. In some cases bleeding is necessary : 

 a change of food is required in all cases of Jaundice ; 

 carrots in winter, and grass in summer, will be found 

 beneficial. If the disease commences with diarrhoea, 

 it should be stopped, as it may generate inflammation. 

 Gibson asserts that this disease is sometimes epidemic. 

 Some practitioners object to bleeding in Jaundice, 

 generally, as it increases the debility which is conse- 

 quent on the disease. It is seldom dangerous, and in 

 young horses is sometimes brought on by good feeding 

 and too little exercise, when it is very easily cured. In 

 old horses the cure is often effected. 



DIABETES, OR PROFUSE STALING, 



Generally arises from some pernicious quality of the 

 food ; but mav be traced to other causes, as irritation 



