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 the nose, or iiiliamed eye, <lc. When to the run- 

 ning are added little ulcers withm the nose, the disease 

 i^ certain; but let it last ever so long, tijl it has this 

 character it is not certain. 



GLYSTERS 

 Are of very great use in many cases : they are al- 

 ways safe, and, in general, verv easy to give : there- 

 fore they are peculiarly worthy of notice in a Treatise 

 on Domestic Farriery. Glysters are particularly use- 

 ful to open the bowels in the horse in some diseases, 

 because physic by the mouth takes so long to act,^ 

 that the animal is often lost before the effect that is 

 wished can be produced. They are particularly use- 

 ful in those cases in Vi'hich it is not proper to give 

 much medicine by the mouth, as in most great internal 

 inflammations. They are very useful to give nou- 

 rishment to the horse in those cases where it cannot 

 be got down the throat, as m locked jaw, some in- 

 stances of strangles, womids of the gullet, or stabs of 

 the small guts, long fevers, &:c^ 

 y When glysters are given to remove costiveness, it 

 is always proper to back-rake first [see Raking], 

 as it removes any hardened dung that might obstruct 

 the passage of the liquid. The apparatus should be 

 a large hog's or ox's bladder capable of holding three 

 or four quarts, with a smooth wooden pipe an inch in 

 diameter, and fourteen or sixteen inches long. The 

 liquor should not be too warm ; but the pipe being 

 oiled, the whole must be conducted gently, so that 

 the horse may not be surprised with its being thro^vn. 

 up too suddenly. 



