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Mix in half a pint of gruel. As the animal begins to take food it 

 should have bran and oatmeal mashes, mixed with tea of slippery elm bark. 

 Cooked food should be given, and if carrots are at hand, give a mess of 

 them boiled every day. Skimmed milk is excellent if the animal will 

 drink it. 



APPLICATION OF AN AMMONIACAL BLISTER. 



V. Inflammation and Bleeding of the Bectum. 



This is a diflSculty that often accompanies or follows inflammation of 

 the bowels. 



How to know it. — There will be heat and swelling, with or without 

 protrusion and bleeding of the rectum. 



What to do. — Wash the parts with a weak solution of salt and water, 

 and also use injections of the same as often as may seem necessary. If 

 this do not give relief add a slight infusion of chlorate of potash and 

 golden seal. 



VI. Spontaneous Salivation. 



Causes. — This infirmity is generally the result of or symptom of some 

 other affliction. It is often produced by something the animal has eaten. 

 White clover will produce it. Caries and other diseases of the teeth : 

 dentition, paralysis of the lips, ulcers of the mouth, irritating food, 

 irritation by the bit, and especially from medicaments attached to the bits 

 of horses by ignorant stable men. It occurs as a free discharge of saliva 

 in frothy masses or in stringy filaments, with frequent swallowing, thirst, 

 and generally indigestion. 



What to do — Eemove the cause. If the cause is from alkalies, wash 

 the mouth with weak vinegar. If from acids, use lime water. If from 



