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the most noisome tilings (hat can 

 be got, which will put him upon 

 constant action, and forward the 

 circulation in the small vegsels. 

 Afterwards recourse must he had 

 to clysters and strong purgatives, 

 rubbing and exercise. 



When the disorder arises from 

 vertigo, or swimming of the heail, 

 the animal reels, turns round ar.d 

 falls. In this case, tak(^ an ounce 

 of senna boiled in five pints of wa- 

 ter, with four ounces of common 

 treacle, with the usual quantit} of 

 oils, or lard, to throw in as a clys- 

 ter. And repeat it for two or three 

 days. After which he may have a 

 drench of beer, in which roots of 

 peony, angelica, rue, rosemary, 

 flowers of lavender, and the like, 

 have been steeped. If the disease 

 should contiiiue obstinate, bHil;; of 

 cinnabar and ass;ifoe'i'!a wifh hay- 

 berries will be proper here, as well 

 as in apoplectic cases. 



Some venture to put ginger, and 

 other stimulating things, into the 

 ear, to give the blood a quicker 

 motion. But this practice, though 

 it may chance to do service, is dan- 

 gerous. — See Gibson''s Farriery. 



" The staggers, in my opinion, 

 are produced by permitting a horse 

 to feed on grass in the spring and 

 fall ; late at night and early in the 

 morning; for early in the morning 

 and late in evening, the fields and 

 p;istures are covert d with a pri- 

 sonous webb, which is spun and 

 spread upon the grass by a small 

 spider. So rapidly, so industrious- 

 ly does this little insect work, that 

 in the space of one night, not a 

 blade or spire of grass has been left 

 ijntouched. This web, catching 



the dew drops on its bosom, causes 

 the fields in the morning to glisten 

 and sparkle as if covered with a 

 thin sheet of ice. A horse that 

 feeds upon a pasture in this situa- 

 tion, must of course, collect large 

 quantities of (his web and dew. and 

 very often (he spider itself. They 

 act upon (he horse, producing de- 

 lirium, giddiness, apoplexy, and 

 sometimes death. The lungs ap- 

 pear to be the principal seat of this 

 disease ; for in cases of dissec(ion 

 they have been found much en- 

 larged and covered wi(h large 

 brown spots, smell ver} oflensively, 

 and have some appearance of mor- 

 tiiication." — Jlhso/rs Farrier. 



This writer is the only one whose 

 works we have seen, who a{tri- 

 butes the s(aggers to (he cause 

 above mentioned. We shall haz- 

 ard no opinion on (he correcdiess 

 of his (heory, but think i( wor(h 

 a((en(ion and further inquiry. The 

 same writer recommends ihe fol- 

 lowing 



REMEDY. 



Take from the net k vein half a gal- 

 lon of blood, three times in a week, 

 of sassafras (ea (hree half pints, 

 plantain juice half a pint, assafoeti- 

 da half an ounce, saUpede one (ea 

 spoonful, mix and give them as a 

 drench three mornings in a week ; 

 give an injection, composed of one 

 pin( of meal, (wo quarts of wa(er, 

 one pin( of molasses and one spoon- 

 ful of hog's-lard — let (he horse be 

 modera(ely exercised, and when- 

 ever he is s(anding should be well 

 rubbed — give a mash twice within 

 a week, composed of one gallon of 

 bran, one table spoonful of sulphur, 

 and one tea spoonful of saltpetre. 



