34 MODERN FAKRIER. 



The horse to have bran-mashes, and water with 

 the chill taken off to drink. 



If the symptoms appear likely to become violent, 

 the horse should be removed into an open box, and 

 the halter-rein be tied to the centre of the ceiling, 

 or to a beam, by Avhicli means the animal will be 

 prevented from running against the wall, and bruis- 

 ing his head. 



When the staggers arise from a stoppage in the 

 stomach and intestines, the eyes of the animal ap- 

 pear swollen, his mouth contracted, breath and 

 cough short ; the abdomen is distended ; he stales 

 little, and strains much when going to dung. In 

 this case, Mr. Gibson advises the following mode 

 of cure : — ' Let som.e person that has a small hand 

 rake the horse thoroughly, and bring out the dung 

 from the rectum, which is generally hard, and made 

 up of little small balls of a blackish colour, and 

 quite dry. After this, let him have plenty of emol- 

 lient oily clysters, made of mallows and such like ; 

 but in places where these cannot be readily be got, 

 they may be made of pot-liquor or water-gruel. 



* To two quarts of this liquor may be added a pint 

 of linseed oil and half a pound, of treacle. 



' This should be given milk-warm, and repeated 

 every day, at least till his dung comes away with 

 ease, and grows soft. His diet should be the best 

 hay, scalded bran, or boiled barley, till he has beeii 

 thoroughly emptied, and for some time aftervvards. 

 At first the dung that comes away in the clysterr 

 will be in small hard balls, and sometimes along 

 with it a putrid slime, which when discharged gives 

 great relief; but, by the continuance of the clysters 

 and the open diet, the dung soon alters, and comes 

 away in such great loads, that it appears wonderful 

 how it could have passed through the fundament ; 

 but as soon as this happens, it brings sure relief, and 

 a passage is made for gentle purges, which, in this 

 case, axe ahvays of great use. 



