64 DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE. 



cold, and the pulse very small, a stimulant will be 

 necessary. Two ounces sweet spirits of nitrous 

 ether and one ounce of aromatic spirits of am- 

 monia in a pint of cold water and repeat in one 

 hour if necessary, or half a pint of good whisky 

 in water. Clothe the body and hand-rub the legs 

 and bandage them. If the pain is severe, rub mus- 

 tard made up with hot water on the belly. When 

 the appetite returns, give boiled flaxseed and 

 ground oats for a few days, and very little hay. 



Haemorrhoids (Piles). — This is not a com- 

 mon disease, but it does happen at times. 

 When present there appears a blood-red tumor, 

 after the horse passes feces, which is sometimes- 

 drawn in, and at others it may be seen at all 

 times. Treatment: It should be scarified and all 

 the blood squeezed out, then well washed with 

 warm water and bathed with acetate of lead one 

 ounce, tincture of opium two ounces, water one 

 quart; shake up each time it is used. Give soft 

 food with two drams of sulphate of iron once a 

 day. 



Prolapsus (Protrusion of the Rectum). — This 

 is caused by violent straining, constipation, and 

 a weakened state of the walls of the intestine. 

 After the bowel remains out for some time, it swells 

 and becomes dark colored and cold, caused by its 

 being strangulated. I have treated cases of this 

 kind when it has been out for several days, black 

 and very foul smelling and the animal much ema- 

 ciated. Treatment: Put the animal in a good, 

 comfortable place, and give the horse or ox two 



