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gills of red port wine. Also give a clyster every two hoars 

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

 of London or Venice treacle, in one quart of milk. Give 

 it warm. Take — 



1 oz. of Rhubarb, in Powder, 

 ^ do. Jalap, do. 



AVork them up into a ball with syrup of buckthorn, and 

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



THE DRY GRIPES. 



Symptoms. This disorder mostly proceeds from cos- 

 tiveness, and is discovered by the horse's frequent and fruit- 

 less 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 out of the 

 fundament, with a small hand, as far as you can reach, and 

 then give the following : 



4 oz. of Castor Oil, 



4 do. Tincture of Senna, 



^ do. Oil of Juniper. 



Give them all together, and then the following clyster : 



Boil a handful of Marshmaliows and Camomile Flowers in a 



quart of water, then strain it off, and add two ounces of T^in- 



seed Oil, or P^e Oil. 



If the horse do not mend, repeat both the drink and the 

 clyster. I>uring 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 spe- 

 cies 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 cai'efuUy avoid 

 all hot, violent 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 medicines stimulate the neck of the bladder, 

 augment the heat of the blood, (before, much too great,) 

 and inflame the bowels, by which a raortiii cation is broijght 



