30li DISEASES OF HORSES. 



r.ot turn on his back ; pulse quick and small ; and breath 

 in^ short and quick. 



If the pulse be quick, hard, and small, and any fever «x 

 hibit itself, then the indammation has attacked the intes- 

 tines, and tlie remedial means must be immediately ap- 

 plied : of these, copious bleeding is the first and most ef- 

 ficacious : five or six quarts of blood should be taken at 

 once ; and if the symj^toms do not abate, the bleeding 

 should be repeated a second, third, and even a fourth time ; 

 but not so copiously as at first, the quantity being reduced 

 to quarts, and at last to as many pints. After the first 

 bleeding, give him a clyster, in the very same manner as 

 recommended in the preceeding complaint, (page 76), the 

 small hand being used to remove the hardened dung, which 

 is almost always present in these cases. — Repeat the clys- 

 ter every three hours, for two or three times, till success- 

 ful. 



As soon as the first clyster is given, prepare and give 

 the follow"ing drink : 



Castor oil, (by weight) - twenty-four ounces ; 



Tincture of opium, - - - half an ounce ; 



Warm gruel, one quart. 



Repeat this about twelve hours, if a passage throu""h the 

 jitestines be not previously obtained. 



When the feverish heat has abated, the appetite partial- 

 ly returned, and the horse in a fair way of recovery, the 

 ♦bllowing restorative drink, given milk-warm, will be use- 

 ful : 



Aniseeds, and carraway-seeds, each, - half an ounce ; 

 Ginger and Castile soap, each, - - - half an ounce ; 

 Nitre and Peruvian bark, each, - - - one ounce ; 



Tincture of opium, two drams ; 



Lenitive electuary, four ounces. 



Mix these ingredients in a quart of warm gruel, and give 

 it every morning or every other morning, fasting, for three 

 or four times. 



Jaundice, or Yellows. — This is not, like the preced- 

 ing, an inflammatory disease, but arises from a morbid or 

 imperfect action of the kidneys. The use of the kidneys, 

 m the animal structure, is that of absorbing, and passing 

 ofi' to the bladder, the urinary fluid, which, if not removed, 

 would produce disease; an increased action thrown on 



