THE COMPLETE FARRIER. 17 



THE DRY GRSPES. 



Symptoms. — This disorder mostly proceeds from costiveness, and 

 f's discovered by the horse's frequent and fruitless attempts to dung, 

 the blackness and hardness of the dung, the frequent motion of his 

 tail, the high color of his urine, and his great uneasiness. 



Cure. — The first thing to be done is to draw the dung out of the 

 fundament, with a small hand, as far as you can reach, and then give 

 the following: 



4 oz. of Castor Oil. 



4 do. Tincture of Senna. 



i do. Oil of Juniper. 



Give them all together, and then the following clyster. 



Boil a handful of Marshmallows and Camomile Flowers in a quart of water, then 

 strain it off, and add two ounces of Linseed Oil, or Pale Oil. 



If the horse do not mend, repeat both the drink and the clyster. 

 During- this disorder the horse must not have any dry food ; but 

 boiled linseed, and scalded bran, with warm water to drink. Gentle 

 walking exercise is a great means to cause the physic to work ; but 

 be careful of cold. 



From the account that I have given of the different species of the 

 Cholic, the reader will be abundantly convinced how necessary it is to 

 be acquainted with each, that he may be able to give proper medicines 

 and to relieve the creature's excruciating pains. He should carefully 

 avoid all hot, violent medicines, which always prove hurtful in every 

 species of this disorder, and frequently fatal. Nor is it any wonder 

 •that horses treated in that manner should die, for such medicines stim- 

 ulate the neck of the bladder, augment the heat of the blood, (before 

 much too great,) and inflame the bowels, by which a mortification is 

 brought on, and the horse is lost by the very means used for his 

 recovery. 



Sharp fits of the Gravel are sometimes taken for the Cholic; but 

 should this happen, the drink recommended for the Cholic will also be 

 proper for the Gravel. 



WORMS AND BOTS. 



Much has been said concerning Worms in horses, and but little 

 understood. I have often been astonished at grooms, farmers, and 

 farriers, not having a better knowledge of them, for there are more 

 horses killed by these nauseous vermin than by any thing else ; and 

 many are kept weakly and low in flesh by them. 



I have opened horses that have been destroyed by them : some have 

 had their stomachs eaten through, and other have had their bowels so 

 full of them, as to have the inner coat eaten entirely off! 



A horse in high keep is not so subject to these vermin as a poor one 

 that is worked hard and badly fed. 



Horses are subject to five sorts of worms, and perhaps to many 

 more, but I shall only describe to you three, which are the most 

 common. The worst sort to destroy are long, round worms, re- 

 sembling earthworms, but smaller at the tail ; they have a seam all 



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