inflammation of the bowels. 23 



Treatment — Rejmedt. 



Commence by "bleedifig profusely, taking at 

 least 7 or 8 quarts of blood, or as much as the 

 borse can bear, wliicb must be done immedi- 

 ately, or a fatal termination may be looked for. 

 If the borse does not seem to have been relieved 

 or the pulse become round and full, tb« bleed- 

 ing must be repeated as tbe only means of 

 subduing tbe inflammation, wbicb is tbe imme- 

 diate cause of tbe weakness. If tbe inflamma- 

 tion is subdued by tbe extraction of tbe blood tbe 

 weakness will soon disappear. After tbe bleed- 

 ing, make a strong decoction of aloes and opium 

 or laudanum, say 1 ounce of laudanum with tbe 

 same quantity of tbe tincture of aloes, and give 

 it to tbe borse; this must be quickly followed 

 by back-raking and an injection of soap and 

 warm water or thin gruel, in which epsom salts 

 or aloes may be dissolved in moderate quantities; 

 repeat this until the bowels are completely clean- 

 ed out. He should be given as much warm water 

 or thin gruel as he will drink, and half the quan- 

 tity of tincture of aloes and laudanum should 

 be administered every two or three hours until 

 the bowels are freely opened. Blister the sides 



