SPORTSMEN, FARMERS, 8CC. ' SJ 



you may give him one ounce of phi- 

 LONIUM ROMANUM : repeat the dose in one 

 hour, if the horse be not relieved. You 

 must be particularly careful to distinguish, 



r -1 . A. c \^ ^' ' Two sorts of 



lor there are two sorts ot cnolic or gripes ; choiic an* 



f^ ^ .. . Gripes: ho%v- 



the one proceeds from the horse bemsr to distingruish 



* O them, and to 



chilled by cold water, &c. ; the other pro- '^'^'''^• 

 ceeds from costiveness and inflammation of 

 the bowels. In the latter disorder you must 

 be guided by feeling the horse's pulse, to 

 ascertain whether it be attended with any 

 degree of fever. I have told you already 

 how to feel a horse^s pulse, and how often, 

 in a minute, a horse's pulse, free from fever, 

 should beat. — In this latter disorder th& 

 dung must be constantly raked away, as 

 it falls into the rectum. Give the horse 

 sweet oil inwardly, to relax the intestines, 

 and to supple the hard excrement, which, 

 from dryness, may be lodged in the gut, 

 which is frequently the cause of this complaint. 

 Give him, every four hours, one ounce of 

 the common purging salts. In this case 

 nitre is not to be given, as it acts mortally 

 as a diuretic. If the horse be in considera- 

 ble pain, he should be bled, and, if the pain 

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