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cited dunng this particular period. Silence is a good medicine to quiet 

 a disturbed system. The creature will do well, if left to itself. The 

 cleansing of the foal may be confidently trusted to the parent's affection. 

 All she immediately requires is a pail of milk-warm gruel ; three hours 

 afterward, she may accept a meal of prepared food. 



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Should the after-birth not be immediately ejected, resort to no purg- 

 ing; neither adopt any mechanical contrivance to expedite its expulsion. 

 These old methods are altogether wrong. The retention is caused by 

 the weakly condition of the mare, which allows the uterus to remain re- 

 laxed. The fittest physic, in such a case, is a quart of strong and sound 

 ale. Give three doses of this medicine, each administered after a lapse 

 of three hours. Should no effect have resulted subsequent to another 

 pause of the like duration, inject into the part a full stream of cold water, 

 permitting the fluid to return unchecked. Continue to do this till a 

 spasm appears ; then leave off, for your object is accomplished : the pain 

 announced the viscus has contracted. 



Dry the mare ; give another pail of gruel ; place a feed of softened 

 food in the manger, and leave the creature to luxuriate in that rest 

 which will now be enjoyed. 



Animals soon get over such affairs. The foal requires nothing beyond 

 a sheltered abode and its mother's attention. Should, however, the 



