MODERN FARRIEK* 35 



. 'Take- 

 Lenitive electuary, - - 4 ounces. 

 Cream of tartar, - - 4 ounces. 

 Brown sugar, _ - - 2 ounces. 



' Mix them in a pint and a half of ale, the ale to 

 be made hot, that the cream of tartar may be the 

 more easily dissolved in it; after that the sugar; 

 and, last of all, the lenitive, electuary. 



' This being given in the morning upon an empty 

 stomach, blood-warm, will ])robably begin to work 

 before night ; and it seldom makes a horse sick, as 

 the stronger purges are apt to do when he is full 

 and costive, so that he will drink warm water, or 

 warm gruel, without reluctance. It may be re- 

 peated three or four times, allowing always two or 

 three days respite between each draught, keeping 

 him to an open diet, with proper exercise, till he 

 recovers his usual vigour. 



' By this method several horses have been cured 

 that were much affected with convulsive symptoms, 

 and the event plainly shewed that this affection was 

 owing to a stoppage of the alimentary functions.' 



22. The Epilepsy* - 



Symptoms. — When a horse is attacked with the 

 epilepsy, he reels and staggers, and his eyes seem 

 "IRxed in his head. He appears quite stupid, and 

 dungs and stales insensibly, runs round, and falls 

 suddenlv. Sometimes he is immoveable, with his 

 legs stretched stifHy out, as if he were dead, while 

 his flanks work violently ; at other times, however, 

 there is a violent motion and shaking of the limbs. 

 When the fit is going off, he generally discharges 

 from the mouth a white and dry foam. 



Causes. — The epilepsy sometimes proceeds from 

 a plethora, or fulness of blood, and often from 



