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and add half a pint of ground mustard-seed, and admin- 

 ister. 



Another. Sweeten one quart of milk with honey or 

 molasses, and give it; then powder half an ounce of 

 aloes, and give it directly in a strong decoction of savine 

 Doughs ; if the worms have not eaten through the intes- 

 tines, this is sure. 



Another. Take half a gill of spirits of turpentine, 

 turn it into the hand, and rub it on the breast. 



INDIGESTION, OR STOMACH STAGGERS. 



Causes. Over-distention of the stomach. The horse 

 may get loose and eat to excess of grain, beans, peas, 

 &c. ; or he may work longer than usual, and then eat 

 too freely after fasting ; he may eat a meal before the 

 previous one is digested, and thus overtask the digestive 

 powers. There are other causes, and sometimes it is 

 difficult to account for. 



Symptoms. Staggering, sleepiness, unconsciousness, 

 hard breathing, staring eye, apparent insensibility and 

 helplessness. Sometimes this drowsiness abates, and 

 violence, as in inflammation of the brain, succeeds, only 

 not to so great an extent. 



Remedy. Give injections ; give oil for physic ; and 

 feed moderately on light food that will keep the bowels 

 epen. 



YELLOWS, OR JAUNDICE 



This disease is similar to jaundice in men. Bile is 

 secreted in the liver, and passes by a duct into the intes- 

 tines, and it is highly important to digestion and a healthy 

 state of the bowels. Sometimes, from inflammation or 

 other disease in the liver, or obstructions in the gall-duct, 

 or from thickened bile, this fluid is interrupted in its 

 natural passage into the intestines, and is thrown back 

 into the circulation, giving a yellow tinge to the whole 

 system. The horse and deer, unhke all other animals, 

 have no gall-bladder, but the bile passes directly from 

 the liver, through the gall-duct, to the intestines. 



