650 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



in the bowels, that a horse will dung frequently, pro- 

 bably from pain, &c., but in a very small quantity at 

 once. At the same time what he passes may appear 

 somewhat soft or loose. 



In such cases, the practitioners may perhaps be told 

 by the byestanders, that clysters are unnecessary and 

 superfluous ; this, however, ought not to prevent him 

 from prescribing them ; as in such cases, the flatu- 

 lencies which occasion the disorder may be seated in 

 the colon, where the excrements at the same time are 

 extremely hardened ; and it frequently happens that 

 after the second or third injection, they are dischargea 

 in such a quantity, and in such a state, as to surprise 

 those who were just before opposing and deriding the 

 practice recommended. These prejudices every prac- 

 titioner will have to combat, for he will frequently have 

 as troublesome nurses to deal with as the physicians 

 sometimes complain of, and who are no less ready with 

 their impertinent advice. 



