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Mix well and administer at once. Repeat in two or 

 three hours if necessary. 



Hand-rubbing is useless, but hot fomentations in the 

 form of blankets soaked in boiling water, rung out, and 

 applied to the stomach are useful. 



DIARRHCEA arises from a variety of causes, among 

 which may be mentioned sudden changes of food, ex- 

 posure, too much green meat, worms, (fee. 



Give in a pint of gniel powdered opium 1 drachm, 

 prepared chalk 1 oz., powdered catechu 1 drachm. Keep 

 the patient warm by means of rugs and bandages. 



EYES. — Horses occasionally suffer from the eyelids 

 becoming inflamed (conjunctivitis), causing the lids to 

 close partially, and in severe cases the whole of the 

 mucous membrane lining the lids becomes involved. 

 Not infrequently the eye itself becomes quite opaque^ 

 and presents to the novice an alarming appearance. 



Some horses are always liable to these attacks (re- 

 current ophthalmia) if they are subjected to inclement 

 weather, draughts, and the like, but more often the 

 trouble is caused by some foreign substance, such as a 

 hay-seed lodging in the eyelid ; therefore the eye should be 

 carefully examined the moment the symptoms manifest 

 themselves, and if anv direct cause is discovered it 

 should be, of course, removed. The horse should be 

 kept in a darkened stable, and the affected eye carefully 



