300 DISEASES OF HORSES. 



frequently falls asleep, even while eating, a:id with the 

 f(>od in his month : he reels or staggers about, as if intox 

 ioated, and sometimes falls down insensible ; the eyes ap- 

 pear watery and in (lamed, and often, as well as the mouth 

 have a yellow cast about them : the pulse is very une(jual, 

 now slow, and then quicker than usual. — When to the 

 watery running of the eyes and the deep stupor which at- 

 tacks the horse, these are succeeded by paroxisms of vio- 

 lence and delirium, the animal plunging about, and beating 

 himself against whatever stands in his way, a wild and 

 unconscious look in his countenance, the disease may then 

 be termed viad staggers, inflammation of the brain bein"- 

 now present. 



As soon as the fit or attack of mad staggers is over, the 

 horse falls down as if quite inactive for a few minutes ; 

 his eyes become dim, and his limbs stretch out, as if dyiiio- : 

 his fits however soon resume their impetuosity, and he 

 becomes more furious than ever. In this state it is dan- 

 gerous to approach him , while if nothing be done to alle- 

 viate the disease, it terminates fatally. 



The best remedial treatment for this disease, in either 

 state, is early and copious bleeding, taking from four to 

 six quarts at once, and again in five or six hours, if neces- 

 sary. Beat up into a ball, the following ingredients, and 

 give it immediately after bleeding : 



Castile soap, two drams ; 



Calomel and assafoetida, each - - two drams. 

 The following purgative mixture should be given immedi- 

 ately after the ball : 



Aloes, seven drams ; 



Castile soap and ginger, each two drams ; 



Epsom salts, four ounces. 



The aloes and ginger should be powdered together, Lni 

 when well mixed, with the other ingredients, in a pint 

 and a half of rue-tea ; simmer the whole about ten minutes, 

 and give it milk-warm. 



The mixture will assist the operation of the ball, and 

 clear the stomach of the undigested mass by which it is 

 clogged. — If the medicine fails to operate briskly, within 

 ten or twelve hours, the rectum, or last bowel, from which 

 the dung is voided, should be emptied by a small hand, 

 and the following clyster administered : 



Water, A'^ arm, one gallon; 



