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health, a swell is felt in the vibration, as if the string were 

 made of soft materials, and less straitened. Languid 

 or slow pulse ^ and scarcely perceptible in some of th>3 

 beats or strokes, indicates lowness of spirits, debility, 

 or being used up : if this languor be felt at intervals 

 only, a few strokes being very quick, and then again a 

 few very slow, this indicates low fever, in which bleeding 

 would do no harm, &c. — \_A. Turf. R. <Sf S. Mag.l 



Remedies. — Number ]. Take from the neck vein 

 half a gallon of blood ; take of laudanum one ounce, oi 

 mint tea one quart, milk warm ; mix them well in a 

 bottle, and give the contents as a dit3nch ; let the horse 

 be well rubbed under the belly, and prepare and give 

 an injection of meal, water, molasses, salt, and hog's 

 lard, milk warm. 



Number 2. Take of mint tea one and a half pints ; 

 gin, or any spirituous liquor, half a pint ; mix them 

 well in a bottle, and give them as a drench, taking care 

 to rub him well. Should it not have the desired effect 

 in fifteen minutes, repeat the dose. 



Nianber 3. Take of camphor a quarter of an ounce, 

 oil of turpentine half an ounce, mint tea one pint; mix 

 them in a bottle, and give them as a drench. Confine 

 the horse in a close stable, cover him with three or 

 four blankets, and under his belly place a large tub of 

 boiling water, which will readily throw him into a 

 profuse sweat, and relieve him from pain. 



Number 4. In addition to the above, clysters ought 

 to be administered, by injecting the following ingre- 

 dients, viz. : water half a gallon, salt one handful, oil 

 of any kind one pint, molasses one pint; mix the whole, 

 and inject it; and repeat it every half hour, until the 

 bowels are well opened. 



