122 HORSE-TRAINING MADE EAST. 



DIARRHOEA. 



This disease is sometimes caused by the too 

 free use of cathartic medicines, change of water, 

 exposure to cold, &c. Treatment. — Give of Kerr's 

 East India Liniment 3 oz. in one pint of water. 

 The advantage of this Liniment is, it does not 

 constipate the bowels ; yet it has the desired effect 

 by restoring healthy action in the digestive 

 organs ) or, give the following : — 



R. Pulv. Opium, 1 scruple. 



" Gentian Root, 1 drachm. 

 « Ginger " 1 " 



Mix all together, and give every six hours until 

 relieved ; or, use the following : — 



R. Gum Camphor, pulv., 2 drachms. 

 Rhubarb, " 3 « 



Opium, *• 1 " 



Mix all together, and give in half a pint of 

 warm ale. 



WORMS. 



All animals are subject to these parasites; and 

 thousands of animals are annually lost, without 

 the cause being suspected. Symptoms. — Star- 

 ring coal", haggard eye, colicky pains, gasping, 

 debility, sluggish movements, emaciation, skin 

 covered with scurfy blotches, small feeble pulse, 

 belly tucked up, respiration slow, a peculiar pal- 

 lid appearance of the membrane lining the mouth, 

 irregular appetite, badly-digested faeces, agitation 

 of the heart and tail, duns: covered with a mucous 



