60 AILMENTS AND REMEDIES. 



to fifty parts of water. A tablespoonful of the thymo- 

 cresol diluted with a quart of water would make a good 

 dose as a worm exterminator. 



Some horses, although having a good appetite, remain 

 gaunt and thin from Indigestion. They should be given 

 some strong purgative, like Barbadoes aloes, combined with 

 powdered ginger, one-half ounce ; Glauber's salts, one-half 

 pound, dissolved in a quart of water. When the intestines 

 have been thoroughly cleaned by this process, give daily the 

 following powder : Sulphate of iron, three drachms ; sul- 

 phate of soda, two ounces ; nux vomica, ten grains ; ginger, 

 one-half ounce. This powder may be continued daily for a 

 month. Give all the rock salt the animal will lick. 



Spasmodic Colic begins suddenly. The horse stamps im- 

 patiently, looks backward, soon paws, and then rolls. After 

 an interval of ease the pains return with increased severity. 

 Give chloral hydrate, one ounce, in half a pint of water as 

 a drench ; or ether and laudanum, two ounces each, in lin- 

 seed oil, half a pint ; or sulphuric ether and alcohol, two 

 ounces of each in eight ounces of water. If nothing else is 

 handy, give of whisky half a pint in hot water. If not re- 

 lieved in one hour repeat any of the doses prescribed. The 

 body should be warmly clothed and sweating encouraged. 

 Dip blankets in hot water containing a small quantity of tur- 

 pentine and hold them in place under the body with dry 

 blankets, or rub the abdomen with stimulants or mustard 

 water. If cramp is due to irritation in the bowels, a cure is 

 not complete until a physic of aloes, one ounce, or linseed 

 oil, one pint, is given. Soapy or salt water aid the cure 

 when used as an injection. 



Wind Colic is caused by feeding after long fasting, or 

 when the animal is exhausted by driving, or by new grain or 

 hay, too much grain fed, or by sour or indigestible food. 



