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them blistering ointment instead of turpen- 

 tine, or the common digestive, which is usually 

 employed for the purpose. Should the horse 

 be costive, which, as we have before observed, 

 is ahuost always the case, give a pint or twenty 

 ounces of castor oil, and let clysters of fine 

 water-gruel be injected. He should be al- 

 lowed to drink plentifully of warm infusion of 

 linseed, or warln water alone ; while hand-rub- 

 binq; to the lef^s, with a liberal allowance of 

 litter, should not be forgotten. If the disease 

 do not abate in six hours after the bleeding, 

 the operation must be repeated ; and if the cos- 

 tiveness be not removed ten or twelve hours after 

 the oil has been taken, give another dose, and 

 repeat the clystc^r. If the disease continue, 

 and increase in violence, after ail these re- 

 medies have been properly applied, there will 

 be but little probability of recovery ; parti- 

 cularly if the pulse have become so quick, 

 weak, and fluttering, as to be scarcely felt ; 

 or if there appear to be a remission or cessa- 

 tion of pain, or the horse become delirious. 

 These are always fatal symptoms, denoting 

 that mortification is taking place, which is the 

 certain harbinger of death; but should the 

 pain continue after the above remedies have 



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