§8 VETERINARY • 



previous bleeding, has frequently been attended 

 with succefs. 



If the inflammation is great, so as to endanger 

 the life of the patient, we must bleed very freely 

 and frequently ; large clysters of linseed decoction 

 should be often repeated, and the belly often fo- 

 mented with flannels clipped in water, as hot as the 

 patient can bear, without injury ; and one pint ,of 

 cold drawn linseed oil may be given every six 

 hours. But no purgatives, or other ^medicines 

 that have a tendency to stimulate, or cause irri- 

 tation, should be given, as they would only be a 

 means of increasing the disease. 



His diet may be warm mashes ; his clothing 

 should be moderately warm ; and, when unattended 

 with inflammation, gentle exercise will be founcj 

 very beneficial. But in inflammation of the bowels ? 

 exercise would prove injurious. 



2d, Diarrhoea or Loosenefs, 



IS a complaint in which the intestines are so- 

 licited to a too frequent discharge of their con- 

 tents. 



The principal causes of diarrhoea are, previous 

 costivenefs; indigestion, which is known by bits 



