INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS. 183 



Treatment. Bleed* fr6m six to eight quarts ; three 

 to four quarts (according as the horse is large or 

 small, and fat or thin) from each vein at the same 

 time.t The bleeding over, back-rake, and clyster 

 with six ounces of Epsom salts, dissolved in two gal- 

 lons of thin rice congee. Foment the belly with hot 

 water for half an hour, while a blister is preparing to 

 be applied, about a foot square.^ Give half a pint of 

 linseed-oil, which repeat every seven hours till an eva- 

 cuation takes place ; but no purging is allowed here 

 any more than in the previous disease ; merely the re- 

 moval of the costiveness, so as to cause a softened state 

 of the dung. The legs must be well hand-rubbed to 

 restore the circulation, and then bandaged with flannel 

 or tied round with grass. A jhool, if it is cold or 

 damp, should be put over the body, but the horse 

 kept in a cool place. Warm bran mashes, with two 

 drachms of finely-powdered gum-arabic in each mash ; 

 linseed or bran tea ; thin gruel, and a little green grass, 

 is all the food allowed for the first three days. If 

 the bleeding has been properly performed, and none 

 of the other treatment omitted, the force of the dis- 

 ease generally yields in six or eight hours ; but if af- 

 ter that time the inflammation should not be subdued, 

 and the symptoms of uneasiness and pain continue as 

 at first, bleed again two or three quarts from each vein, 

 and draw the firing-iron over the belly two or three 



* See " BLEEDING," p. 62. 



t The bleeding ought to be continued until the pulse falters. If the horse 

 drops so much the better. ED. 



+ The blister ought to be well rubbed in, to the belly and sides. ED. 







If there is constipation, I would at once give a dose of Aloes, guarded 

 with Opium. ED. 



