DISEASES AND TREATMENT OF THE HORSE. Ill 



^• •il>ie ol > OU^KSIUIU I ^ xt^A. 



N itr»te of PoSanh or flaltp«tre ^ ** 



Mix thoroughly together and g-tve a teaspoonful three timei 

 m day in his feed or on his tongue with a spoon. In cases wher« 

 the cause is from high feeding and little exercise, feed light, soft 

 food and give regular exercise. 



YELLOWS (JAUNDICE.) 



This is, perhaps, the most common disease of the liver. 



Causes. — From inflammation of the liver, from gall stone* 

 stopping up the tube which leads from the liver to the bowels, 

 from weakening diseases, such as influenza or distemper, from an 

 abscess forming in the liver or from any other disorder of the liver, 

 where the bile is not taken from the blood. 



Symptoms. — The bowels become constipated and the manurt 

 is of a dark clay color, the animal is dull and does not feed well, 

 the lining of the mouth and around the eyes is of a yelfow color, 

 from which it gets the name, jaundice. 



Treatment.— If it is in the spring of the year, by turning him 



out on the grass it will often effect a cure itself, if not, and the 



unimal is in fair condition, give 



Bitter Aloea 4 drama. ~ 



Calomel | dram. 



Mix in a pint of luke warm water and give as a drench, or it 

 Is sometimes mixed in the form of a ball (as to how to make a 

 ball refer to the receipts in the back of this book). After this 

 follow up with the following powder: 



Iodide of Potassium , ^ pound. 



Nitrate of Potash or Saltpetre ^ " 



Mix together and give a teaspoonful three times a day. 

 Feed the animal on soft, nourishing food, such as boiled oat«, 

 •calded chop stuff and bran, with plenty of boiled flaxseed, «n4 

 ftUow him gentle exercise every day, this will i^entrally effect » 

 enjrt. 



BILB SYONE5 (BILUaiT CALCKTU.) 



This dS««j&se is not so eammon in horses *a it is in man, bvt 

 irhcy fn^y f^ist in great numbers, and if th^X do thty stop the 



Po\\' pr »h@ hiie out of the liver and caqse th? bilp tp be i^bsorbe^ 

 iiji^U again into the blood, then it sets up Jaundice- Porsono li^- 

 'og high and taking little exercise ^re lii^bl^ tp th#ee atoim$. 

 ) (lis same rule holds good in horsef. , 



