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rate, the usual quantity of hay should be abridged, ano 

 sprinkled with water, and the usual allowance of corn and 

 water divided into several portions; for with these regula- 

 tions in diet, the disease will soon be cured ; and where it 

 is incurable, the horse will be so far recovered as to be able 

 to do a great deal of work. 



It may not be improper here to add, that some young 

 horses are subject to coughs when cutting their teeth, and 

 their eyes are also affected from the same cause. In these 

 cases, always bleed ; and if the cough be obstinate, repeat 

 it, and give warm mashes, which are often sufficient alone 

 to remove the complaint. 



When young horses have a cough that is caused by 

 worms, as is often the case, such medicines must be given 

 as are proper to destroy those vermin, of which I shall 

 inform you in the chapter on worms. 



THE COLIC, OR GRIPES. 



This disorder is little understood by common Farriers, 

 and has for a long time been a secret to many ; so that 

 many a horse has been lost in it, that might have been 

 saved. The same medicines have generally been given to 

 horses in the Colic, as in the diy gripes, when there is 

 much difference in the disorders. 



The Colic proceeds from various causes, therefore the 

 method of cure varies ; for otherwise the medicines inten- 

 ded to cure it may increase it, and render it fatnl. We 

 shall, therefore, divide this disorder into three different 

 species, and endeavor to give such plain directions for man- 

 aging each, as cannot fail to prove very beneficial. The 

 three species are these : 



1. The Flatulent, or Windy Colic. 



2. The Bilious, or Infiammatory Colic. 

 8. The Dry Gripes. 



THE FLATULENT, OR WINDY COLIC. 



Symptoms. The horse is very restless, lying down, 

 and starting up again. He strikes his belly with his hind- 

 feet, stamps with his fore-feet, and refuses his meat. 

 When the pain is violent, he has convulsive twitches ; hiis 

 eyes are turned up, and his limbs stretched out, as if dying, 

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