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els. Repeat this last medicine three or four times to allow 

 it a fair trial ; giving the horse at the same time but little 

 exercise, for he can not then bear much. Should this medi- 

 cine fail, and the disorder increase instead of decreasing, 

 which may be known by his flanks and belly being full and 

 distended, and his appearing to suffer strong griping pains, 

 give the following clyster : 



^ ounce of Isinglass, dissolved in a quart of warm milk. 

 2 oimces of Mithridate. 



Sometimes the flux is so violent as not to be overcome by 

 the preceding medicine, when recourse must be had to the 

 following. Boil a handful of oak bark in a quart of water, 

 strain it off, and add 



2 ounces of Tormentil Root, in powder. 

 2 ounces of Bole. 



Give them all together. This should be repeated once a 

 day. for two or three days. 



The practitioner should carefully attend to the symptoms 

 that accompany this disorder ; for if the discharge be at- 

 tended with any acrid mucus, or slime, the griping pains 

 being very severe, there is then a sure indication that the 

 common lining of the bowels is wasted away ; and then it 

 will be necessary frequently to inject the following clyster, 

 warm, in order to prevent the fatal consequences which will 

 otherwise soon ensue : 



4 ounces of Starch, dissolved in a quart of water. 



Half a pint of Sweet Oil. 



Yolks of three Eggs, well broken. 



A little Loaf Sugar. 



This will do for twice, at four hours' distance. 



In treating this disease, be exceedingly careful to follow 

 my directions, and to get good drugs, for your success will 

 depend upon this, and a cautious watching of the symptoms. 



It is also necessary to observe that some horses, from hav- 

 ing weak stomachs and bowels, throw out their aliment un- 

 digested, and their dung is habitually soft, and of a pale 

 color ; they also feed sparingly, and are always low in 

 flesh. This complaint, which often proves fatal at last, may 

 be removed by the following medicines : 



6 drams of Socotorine Aloes. 

 3 drams of Rhubarb, in powder. 

 1 dram of Myn-h. 

 1 dram of Saffron. 



Make all up into a ball with syrup of ginger. After the 

 above stomachic purge shall have been given two or three 



