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Bleeding, moderate purging, a cool diet, and a 

 well-aired stable, afford a temporary relief, and 

 moderate the severity of the symptoms. Consid- 

 erable benefit is derived, in some cases, from th« 

 application of the vinous tincture of opium two oi 

 three times a day, in the simple form of a wash 

 A seton in the temple, or cheek, has also been ad 

 vised by some; but as far as I have been able tf 

 observe, these remedies never prevent the repeti 

 tion of attacks, and the ultimate destruction of the; 

 organ. 



To cure Gripes in Horses. 



This disorder goes by different names, in differ- 

 ent districts of the country, as fret, from the un- 

 easiness attending it; bots, from its being thought 

 to arise from these animals or worms, &c. The 

 animal looks dull, and rejects his food; becomes 

 restless and uneasy, frequently pawing; voids his 

 excrements in small quantities, and often tries to 

 stale; looks round, as if towards his own flank, oi 

 the seat of complaint; soon appears to get worse, 

 often lying down, and sometimes suddenly rising 

 up, or at times trying to roll, even in the stable, &.c. 

 AlS the disorder goes on, the pain becomes more 

 violent, he appears more restless still, kicks at his 

 belly, groans, rolls often, or tumbles about, with 

 other marks of great agitation, becomes feverish, 

 and has a cold moisture at the roots of the ears 

 and about his flanks, and when he lies at rest a lit- 

 tle space, begins to perspire strongly, and to gel 

 covered with sweat more or less profuse. 



In most crises of ordinary gripes, signs of flatu 

 lence, or of the presence of air confined in the 

 bowels, occur and constitute a part of the disease 



