FARRIERY. 



the bowels, as does the disposition to 

 roll on the back. Costiveness, bad food, 

 drinking- while warm, standing in the 

 cold, especially after exercise, all cause 

 this complaint. To cure it, rake well, 

 throw up clysters as warm as can be 

 borne, and in large quantities. If the 

 pain be very acute and obstinate, bleed 

 copiously, and give a lump of opium, 

 about the size of a large hazel-nut. But 

 this must be done before any symptoms 

 of inflammation appear. Foment the 

 bowels with hot water, applied by means 

 of blankets dipt therein. Give this 

 draught as soon as possible : viz. castor- 

 oil, one pint ; oil of peppermint, one 

 drachm ; mix them with the yolks of two 

 eggs ; then add half a pint of water. If 

 the bowels have not been well opened, 

 let the following be given. Calomel, half 

 an ounce ; gum-gamboge, one drachm ; 

 Castile soap, half an ounce ; made into 

 a bolus with honey, and given at night ; 

 keeping on warm clothing, and cautious- 

 ly avoiding a draught of wind. 



Gutta Serena, or glass-eyes, being abso- 

 lutely incurable in horses, we shall not 

 treat of it here, but refer to that head 

 for a description of the disease, as it af- 

 fects the human eye. 



Hepatitis, or inflammation of the liver, 

 is usually induced by a morbid state of 

 the parts secreting the bile, and may be 

 known by a yellowness of the eyes and 

 mouth, attended with considerable fever: 

 in severe cases, the horse is sometimes 

 stiff" in the off" shoulder. Bleed freely, 

 and blister the sides, applying numerous 

 rowels underneath. Rake, and clyster; 

 then purge well, by giving the following 

 bolus, night and morning, till it operates 

 freely. Calomel, half a drachm ; aloes, 

 one drachm and a half; Castile soap, two 

 drachms ; mix with honey. 



Hydrophobia is incurable ; however, if a 

 large piece be taken out as soon as the 

 horse has been bitten, or a fire-brand be 

 quickly applied so as to burn a deep 

 hole, or that lunar caustic be used, the 

 animal may be saved ; but such cannot be 

 done in every part. Purge well, and 

 administer mercurial preparations, so as 

 to affect the system forcibly for a few 

 days; gradually abating for a month, 

 or more ; if rapid symptoms appear, the 

 horse should be instantly destroyed. 



Jaundice may exist with or without 

 any obvious inflammation of the liver; 

 but should, for the sake of safety to the 

 animal, always be considered as connect- 

 ed with, hepatitis (which see.) If the 



symptoms be not urgent, the bleeding- 

 may be omitted ; but purge well. 



Inflammation, in whatever part, js ge- 

 nerally the index to blood letting', either 

 by opening a vein, by cupping, or by 

 some other means. But local inflamma- 

 tions which seem to be critical, and push 

 forward to suppuration, should rather be 

 encouraged than resolved, unless they 

 settle upon some part endangering the 

 life. When the brain is enflamed, the 

 lancet must be freely used, as must the 

 blistering ointment and purges, together 

 with whatever may tend to lessen the 

 complaint in that part. The eye must, 

 when in a state of irritation, be kept 

 cool, and the habit lowered. Mild solu- 

 tions of white vitriol, added to a few 

 drops of extract of saturn, should be ap- 

 plied, in the form of poultice, cold, and 

 frequently. When the stomach is in- 

 flamed, the horse should lose blood, and 

 be clustered occasionally with soft cool- 

 ing liquids. In case of inflamed blad- 

 der, diuretics should be avoided ; clysters 

 should be occasionally administered, and 

 mucilaginous, soothing drink be liberally 

 given ; such as decoction of mallows, 

 gum-arabic, linseed-tea, barley-water, 

 &c. with regard to an inflammation of 

 the liver, we refer to hepatitis in this ar- 

 ticle. When the kidneys are inflamed, 

 the treatment should be as in diseases of 

 the bladder ; observing, that the animal 

 ought to be kept very low, after ample 

 evacuations, both by bleeding and gentle 

 purges ; and that diuretics are highly pre- 

 judicial. 



Lampes, is a swelling of the bars in the 

 roof of the mouth, chiefly in young horses. 

 But as, in such, the bars are always large, 

 and appear to be swelled, be cautious in 

 ascertaining that they really are so. 

 When such is the case, by no means 

 burn with a hot iron, as farriers too often 

 do, but rub with alum and honey ; if they 

 do not subside, you may scarify the part 

 very slightly with a sharp instrument, 

 guarded with tow, &c. near its point, so 

 that you cannot, in case of accident, do 

 injury by making too deep a wound. 



Lethargy, is often very slow in its ap- 

 proach, but sometimes equally rapid ; in 

 the latter instance rather tending towards 

 epilepsy. It is occasioned in either case 

 by two great a determination of blood 

 towards the head. Bleed freely, unless 

 when the debility is great ; open the body 

 by active purges, rake, and clyster, and 

 endeavour tc excite perspiration. Give 

 the following : nitre, three drachms ; 

 resin, three drachms ; cream of tartar, 



