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them are very povverful. Many times when a horse is 

 taken with either colic or hotts, it is found to be very 

 difficult to get an operation of tlie medicine given, on ac- 

 count of the intestines being completely bound up. 

 Chalk and vinegar are sometimes used as a last remedy, 

 when purgative medicines and injections have failed to 

 operate. When this medicine is administered, it is sure 

 to force a passage in a few minutes or kill the animal. 



Directions. — Take -^ lb. of pulverized chalk, and 1 pt. 

 of strong vinegar; put them into a long-necked bottle 

 together, when a pov/erful fermentation will take place; 

 put the forefinger over the mouth of the bottle, and 

 shake it well ; then place the neck of the bottle in the 

 throat of the animal, while his head is extended ; take 

 off the finger, and the contents of the bottle will immedi- 

 ately force its way down the throat. 



A COLD OR COUGH. 



A cold is of such common occurrence, that little atten- 

 tion is generally paid to it ; yet long experience has 

 proved that a cold is felie foundation o^ most of the dis- 

 eases incident to horses. A cold is the result of driving 

 the horse till he is hot, and then allowing him to stand 

 exposed to the cold, or neglecting to rub him down after 

 a hard day's work. When a horse has caught cold, a 

 cough will follow ; his eyes will be watery, the kernels 

 about his ears and under his jaws will swell, and a 

 slight running at the nose will be apparent. Occasion- 

 ally the horse will be feverish, and refuse his food. If 

 the cough is very violent, a slight bleeding will generally 

 relieve him. Should this not effect a cure, and he refuse 

 his food and appear feverish, give him the following 

 drink: 2 oz. juice of liquorice, 2 oz. salt of tartar, 2 

 drams of saffron, 2 oz. lioney; dissolve the whole to- 

 gether, in hot water, and give it nearly cold. This drink 

 can be given as occasion requires, but let twenty-four 

 hours first elapse. Or give, if more convenient, 4 oz. 

 aniseseed, 2 oz. liquorice root, 1 oz. gum scammony, 1 

 oz. nitre ; boil these together in three jiints of water, for 

 fifteen minutes, strain the liquor, add 2 oz. honey, and 

 give blood warm. If the cough has been of long stand- 



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