10 THE COMPLETE FARRIER, 



of red port wine. Also give a clyster every two hours, made 

 of two new-laid eggs, well broken, and two ounces of mo- 

 lasses, in one quart of milk. Give it warm. 



If the horse recover, it will be proper to give him a gentle 

 purge or two in a week after. 



Take 1 oimoe of Rhubarb, in Powder. 

 Ml ounce of Jalap, do. 



"Work them up into a ball with syrup of buckthorn, and 

 give it to the horse, with warm water to work it oflF. 



The Dry Gripes. 



Symptoms. — This disorder mostly proceeds from costive- 

 ness, and is discovered by the horse's frequent and fruitlesa 

 attempts to dung, the blackness and hardness of the dung, 

 the frequent motion of his tail, the high color of his urine, 

 and his great uneasiness. 



Cure. — The first thing to be done is to draw the dung out 

 of the fundament, with a, small hand, as far as you can reach, 

 and then give the following : 



4 ounces of Castor Oil. 

 4 ounces of Tincture of Senna. 

 l^ ounce of OH of Juniper. 



Give them all together, and then the following clyster : 



Boil in a quart of water a handful each of 

 Camomile Flowers and 

 Marshmallows. Strain off and add 

 2 ounces of Linseed Oil, or Pale Oil. 



If the horse do not mend, repeat both the di'ink and the 

 clyster. During this disorder the horse must not have any 

 dry food ; but boiled linseed and scalded bran, with warm 

 water to drink. Gentle walking exercise is a great means to 

 cause the physic to work ; but be careful of cold. 



From the account that I have given of the different species 

 of the Colic, the reader will be abundantly convinced how 

 necessary it is to be acquainted with each, that he may be 

 able to give proper medicines and to relieve the creature's 

 excruciating pains. He should carefully avoid all hot, vio- 

 lent medicines, which always prove hurtful in every species 

 of this disorder, and frequently fatal. Nor is it any wonder 

 that horses treated in that manner should die, for such medi- 

 cines stimulate the neck of the bladder, augment the heat of 

 the blood, before much too great, and inflame the bowels, 

 by which a mortification is brought on, and the horse is lost 

 by the very means used for his recovery- 



