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The most prompt treatment is to use the catheter, and 

 scarcely anything more is necessary. But if one is not ob- 

 tainable, bleed freely and give a strong opiate. 3 oz. tinct. 

 opiurp, in half pint of water. 



SCOURS, OR PURGING. 



This disease is generally produced by two causes : change 

 of food or water, or unhealthy food, and sometimes through 

 nervous excitement. 



Cure. — Neutralize the acids in the bowels by giving an 

 ounce and a half of prepared chalk and a dram and a half 

 of powdered catechu, mixed in a pint of water. Give once 

 or twice a day until purging ceases. Keep the animal with- 

 out exercise, and do not give much water to drink. 



If this disease should arise from nervous excitement, give 

 a dram of powdered opium in the food once a day for three 

 or four days. 



PROFUSE STALING. 



The causes of this disease are, the improper use of diu- 

 retic medicines, as saltpeter, resin, &c. Unwholesome food 

 will sometimes produce it. 



Treatment. — Give one of the following balls every night: 

 Powdered opium, ^ oz. ; powdered kino, i oz. ; prepared 

 chalk, I oz. Mix with molasses, and make six balls. 



Or give the following powder once a day mixed in the 

 food : gentian powdered, sulphate iron, a dram and a half 

 of each. 



BLOODY URINE 



Is generally tlie result of injuries of the loins, unwholesome 

 food, violent exercise, &c. 



Treatment. —Give plenty linseed tea to drink; if the ani- 

 mal refuses it, drench him. Give internally, once a day, 

 one of the following pills: sugar of lead, i oz.; linseed 

 meal, 2 oz. Mix with molasses and divide into eight parts. 



SPASMODIC ACTION OF THE DIAPHRAGM, 



Commonly called thumps, is caused by severe and long 

 continued driving and hard work. Horses of a nervous 



