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and water when it commences to work,, it will, per- 

 haps, not operate more than is desired : if it does, see 

 " OVER-PURGING." 



Symptoms of the third: Looks dull, hangs his 

 head, lies down gently, and occasionally, though sel- 

 dom, rolls, throwing himself on his back, and yet 

 without appearing griped. Pulse, natural. Treat- 

 ment : Leave this state alone too : it will sometimes 

 occur, even when the horse has been properly pre- 

 pared, and the physic good ; but if the uneasiness 

 continues for an hour, or more, throw up a clyster of 

 warm salt and water. At other times, all the symp- 

 toms of severe gripes come on, and you must be 

 quickly on your guard. Back-rake immediately ; 

 then clyster with two ounces of soap and two ounces 

 of common salt, in a gallon of thin warm rice congee. 

 Then drench with one drachm of oil of peppermint, 

 or three drachms of finely -grated ginger, and one 

 ounce of Epsom salts, in a quart of thin warm rice 

 congee ; and throw three gallons of hot (hot enough 

 to burn and make him flinch, but not scalding) wa- 

 ter over his loins and belly. The whole of this, ex- 

 cepting the back-raking, to be repeated every hour ; 

 trotting gently in the interval.* If, after three hours, 

 the symptoms should not be alleviated, and the pulse 

 should rise beyond sixty, take away three quarts of 

 blood, continuing the above treatment. Should the 

 physic be operating, or immediately it begins to do 

 so, there must be no exercise ; the Epsom salts must 

 be left out of the drench ; and the clyster be composed 

 of one quart of thicker congee, with a teaspoonful of 

 laudanum in it. 



* Trotting in such cases I disapprove of. EP. 



