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according to circumstances. If the horse should 

 be weak and emaciated, decrease it a little. 

 After the medicine has completely set, and ttie 

 animal appears to be going on well, give the 

 following : — 



Cordial Ball. 



Anise-seeds 1 oz. 



Ginger 1 do. 



Liquorice 1 do. 



Caraway Seeds 1 do. 



Treacle sufficient to form the mass. 



Give an ounce of this mixture every morning 

 fasting. Should the subject be a cart-horse, 

 increase the quantities of each, and give an 

 ounce and a- half for a dose. 



During the time of taking this, let the 

 former instructions relative to food, exercise, 

 dressing, &c., be strictly adhered to, with such 

 other attentions as circumstances may require, 

 remembering to relinquish the medicine every 

 second morning, or once in three mornings ; 

 but not to discontinue it entirely till all symp- 

 toms disappear. 



A distinct kind of this disease, arising from 

 a remote and very discouraging cause, is that 

 which originates in an induration, or schir- 

 rosity of some part of the liver, and which 

 will be indicated by pressing the hand 

 sharply against the region of that organ on 

 the right side. In this species there is little or 

 no hope of obtaining a cure. "We can only 

 palliate the disease. The first thing to be 

 done, is to extract blood, to the quantity of 

 three, four, or five quarts. This is of course 

 premised to reduce the contents of, or take off 

 Home degree of stricture from, the vessels. 

 Eemove obstructions of the body by mashes of 

 bran and speared barley, for two or three days 

 previous to administering any medicines. 

 When the bowels are pretty lax, give 



Calomel 6 drachms. 



Antimony , . . . 6 oz. 



Sulphur 6 do. 



Rub well together in a mortar, and divide into 

 six powdera. Give one of the powders in his 

 feed every other nigiit, first having slightly 

 sprinkled the corn with water. On the inter- 

 mediate days, in the mornings, give 



Glauber Salts 3 oz. 



Linseed Meal 2 do. 



Cream of Tartar . , • . 1 do. 

 Dissolve the glauber salts and cream of tartar 

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in a quart of warm water, then add the meal, 

 being first mixed with a little cold water. 

 Horn this draught down carefully ; and if the 

 disease appears to be removed, give a course of 

 the cordial ball, as directed in the preceding 

 case. 



DIARRHCEA, LOOSENESS, OR SCOURING. 



This disease is indicated by a weakness in 

 the absorbents to take up the watery matter 

 secreted within the intestines ; consequently, 

 an increased action of the peristaltic motion is 

 set up to get rid of this watery fluid ; and from 

 this cause the evacuations of the dung are pro- 

 duced in a liquid form. It is not like dysentery ; 

 for here the purging, from the first, continues 

 until arrested, the dung also being in a con- 

 stantly fluid state, there being none of that 

 slimy matter attached to it that is in dysen- 

 tery. There is little or no fever connected 

 with this disease ; and if the pulse should 

 at all become quick or hurried, it proceeds 

 more from debility than from any other cause. 

 This is diiferent in those horses which are 

 likely to purge from excitement; for many 

 horses, full of good keep, with their bowels 

 regularly open, sufficiently healthy, on going 

 to hounds, commence purging instantly. This 

 must spring from nervous excitement. Some 

 horses, more especially light chestnut ones, 

 are liable to purge from the least excitement. 

 Flat-sided, long, lank-legged animals are more 

 subject to intestinal, and other internal dis- 

 eases, than any other kind of horses. In 

 diarrhoea, however, the horse appears dull, 

 heavy, and inactive, seemingly oppressed, and 

 visibly overloaded, though without any appear- 

 ance of pain, but subject to gene/al disquie- 

 tude ; whilst the discharge is large in quantity, 

 dark in colour, and foetid in smell. 



Diarrhoea seems to depend on an increase of 

 the peristaltic motion, or of the secretion of 

 the intestines ; and besides the causes already 

 enumerated, it may arise from many others, 

 influencing the system generally, or the par- 

 ticular seat of the disease. Of the former 

 kind are colds, checked perspiration, excite- 

 ment, and other disorders, drastic cathartics, 

 spontaneous acidity, &c. In this complaint, 

 each discharge is usually preceded by a mur- 

 muring noise, with a sense of weight and un- 

 easiness in the hypogastrium ; and then a horse 



