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unusual redness, or what has been termed blood- 

 shot. The mouth is hot. 



Up to this stage of the disorder, the first remedy 

 will be clystering and bleeding the animal freely, 

 if he be not very aged, or of spare habit ; immedi- 

 ately after giving the following 



Laxative Drench, 



Powdered aloes, 2 drachms, 



Subcarbonate of potass, 2 drachms, 



Water- gruel, 1 pint, 



Castor oil, half a pint. Mix. 

 If delay is to be apprehended in procuring the 

 above drench, give castor oil one pint, or in default 

 hereof, salad oil two pints, whilst the drench is pre- 

 paring. 



In ordinary cases, a voluntary stool will be pro- 

 duced at or soon after bleeding, occasioned by re- 

 laxation of the tenesmus that constitutes the disease. 

 If the dung comes forth in small quantity and small 

 hard knobs, like gingerbread nuts, the straight-gut 

 must be cleared by the hand, according to the 

 directions given at a preceding page, 199. And, 

 when the constipation has endured for a long time, 

 the hardened dung will not come away at all with- 

 out this manual operation of back-raking, which 

 must be performed the more assiduously as the dif- 

 ficulty may be greater and the dung harder. Let a 

 warm clyster be thrown up that is copious enough 

 to fill the emptied gut, at the least. 



