4.^ COMPENDIUM OF THE VETERINARY ART. 



oats that have been steeped in boihng watery 

 good water-gruel will also be found serviceable 

 in recruiting his strength ; the sweetest parts 

 should be selected from the hay, and given 

 frequently in small quantities. Malt is an ex- 

 cellent restorative on these occasions, but 

 must not be given too freely. When the 

 weather is favourable, let the horse be led out 

 for a short time every da}^; or if a small 

 paddock can be procured, and the season of 

 the year will admit of it, he may be turned out 

 for a few hours every day, while the sun 

 shines, tikinci: care that he is well clothed 

 during that time ; by these means he will 

 gradually recover his original strength. 



Inflammation of the Bowels. 



This disease is not so frequent as the pre- 

 ceding, though equally dangerous, and gene- 

 rally more rapid in its progress. Inflammation 

 may attack either the peritonoeal coat of the 

 intestine, or that delicate membrane which 

 forms the internal or villous coat. In the 

 former case the disease will be attended with 

 costiveness, but in the latter a violent purging 

 is the most conspicuous symptom ; but whick 



