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Symptoms. — Restlessness, lying down, soon getting up 

 again, voiding water often, and wildness and redness of 

 the eyes. 



Remedy. — Purge freely with castor-oil, melted lard, 

 Epsom salts, sulphur, or linseed oil ; give the usual 

 quantity. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BONA/^ELS. 



This is produced by the animal being too high fed, 

 and want of exercise, or in going into the water after 

 being over-heated or greatly fatigued, or a very sudden 

 change of the atmosphere from heat to cold. 



Symptoms. — Great costiveness, mouth and nostrils 

 very hot and dry, fever, restlessness, and eyes inflamed. 



Remedy. — Bleed 2 quarts, if the attack is very severe ; 

 or sometimes an active dose of physic will effect a cure. 

 Should the physic not operate in half an hour, give an 

 injection, and continue to give small doses of physic un- 

 til it operates ; after which feed on light food (such as 

 bran) for 24 hours. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWKLS. 



Causes. — This is caused by being exposed to storms, 

 great changes in the atmosphere, or being over-driven 

 or over- worked and afterward lying on damp ground and 

 taking cold. 



Symptoms. — Discharging from the nose, cough, heat- 

 ed breath, coldness in all the extremities, languor, and 

 drowsiness. 



Remedy. — As soon as the disease shows itself, bleed 3 

 quarts ; and in 6 hours give a small dose of physic, and 

 give light food for 3 days. Another : after bleeding, give 

 1 pt. linseed or castor-oil, and feed on wheat or rye 

 bran, giving warm drinks made of flaxseed, ginger, and 

 molasses. Another: lessen the quantity of blood by fre- 

 quent bleeding, by which the great efiiux of blood upon 

 the temporal artery may be lessened ; take \ lb. glauber 

 salts, 1 dram tartarized antimony, 2 drams camphor, \ a 

 pint molasses, adding 3 pints boiling water, and give 

 blood warm. 



