124 THE HORSE AND ITS DISEASES. 



To complete the cure, the following may be given in 

 a ball : — 



Cream of Tartar 1 ounce. 



I^itre , . 4 drachms. 



Tartar Emetic 1 



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Epilepsy. 



Cause. — Epilepsy sometimes proceeds from a plethora, 

 or fullness of blood, and often from violent exercise 

 or surfeit, and from any of the causes that produce 

 lethargy or staggers. 



Symptoms. — When a horse is attacked with epilepsy, 

 he reels and staggers, and his eyes seem fixed in his 

 head, he appears quite stupid, and stales and dungs 

 insensibly, trembles, looks around him, and falls sud- 

 denly ; sometimes he remains immoveable, with his legs 

 stretched out as if he was dead, except a quick motion 

 of the lungs and heart, whilst his flanks work violently ; 

 occasionally, the convulsions which follow are slight, at 

 other times violent — the head and fore part are most 

 singular. "When the fit is going off, he generally dis- 

 charges a white and dry foam from the mouth ; after the 

 fit is over, he shakes his ears, and eats and drinks as 

 though nothing had occurred. 



In old horses this disease generally proves incurable, 

 since, thi^ough their weakness, little assistance can be 

 given, to the operation of medicines, but in ordinaiy 

 cases the following may prove efficacious, care being 

 taken to open their bowels previously by clysters, and a 

 X)Lirgative : — 



Asafoetida 2 di'achms. 



Tartar Emetic 1 



Camphor 1 



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made into a ball, and given every twelve hours, and 

 after four days, give the following in a drink : — 



