22 THE COMPLETE FARRIER. 



with his nose towards the rack, pricks up his ears, and cocks his tail. 

 In this posture he continues, and those who do not understand the 

 disorder never suppose that he ails anything of consequence. But 

 other symptoms soon convince them of their mistake; for his neck 

 grows stiff, cramped, and almost immovable ; his jaws are locked, and 

 every tendon in his body becomes stiff If he can get his mouth open, 

 he will bite any thing that comes in his way ; and if he live a few 

 days in this condition, several knots will arise on the tendinous parts of 

 it. Every muscle is so much cramped and extended, that the horse 

 looks as if he were fastened to the place, with his legs stiff, wide, and 

 staggering, and the skin drawn so tight over every part of his body, 

 that it is almost impossible for him to move ; and if you attempt to 

 make him walk, he will be ready to fall at every step, unless he be 

 well supported. At the same time his eyes are so fixed by the con- 

 traction of the muscles as to give him a dead look. He snorts and 

 sneezes often, pants continually, and his shortness of breath increases 

 till the distemper takes a favorable turn, or the horse falls down and dies. 

 Cure. — In the first place, bleed plentifully, unless the horse be old 

 and low in flesh, or taken from some hard duty, and then you must 

 not take so much blood. After bleeding, give the following ball, if 

 you can get it in, but the horse is very often jaw-locked till nothing 

 can be got in but by a clyster-pipe put between his fore and axla 

 teeth. 



A oz. of Assnfcedita. 



£ oz. of Gum Guaiacum. 



i oz. of Gum Camphor. 



Make them up into a ball with honey, and give one of these balls 

 every twelve hours, for two days, if you can get them 'in ; and if not, 

 dissolve them in a little hot beer, and give them with the clyster -pipe. 

 (Be careful to powder the Gums.) Then make an ointment or lotion 



of the following: 



1 oz. of Oil of Spike. 



1 oz. of Oil of Amber. 



1 oz. of Oil of Bricks. 



1 oz. of Spirits of Sal Ammoniac. 



Shake them well together, and rub the jaws just below the ears, 

 where they lock into the upper chap ; also rub the small of the back 

 well, where the cross bones are fixed to the back bone. 



Iu this, as in most other disorders, the body should be kept gently 

 open with laxative purges and emollient clysters. When the jaws are 

 so locked that vou cannot get any thing in, do not open them by force, 

 for that would increase the disorder instead of relieving it. 



Sheep skins, newly taken off, and laid with the flesh side to the 

 horse, will swat him greatly, and by that means draw a quantity of 

 water from the blood : indeed, there are few things that will relieve a 

 locked jaw more: but if they be laid on the loins, they must not lie 

 above three hours at a time before they are turned with the wool side 

 to the horse. You may keep the skins on twenty-four hours if you 

 change sides every two or three hours. 



If the horse cannot take either food or water in at his mouth, he 

 must be supported by clysters, made of barley-water and milk, and 



