92 COMPENDIUM OF THE VETERINARY ART. 



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Calomel anJ opium, of each, 1 dr. 



Columbo root, powdered, -. 3 dr. 



Povvderevl ginger, - - ' 4- dr. 



Sirup enough to form a ball for one dose. 



There is a species of staggers, of which I 

 have seen a great number of cases since I left 

 the army, where yellowness of the eyes and 

 mouth is invariably on/.^ of the symptoms ; 

 which has often led farners to co i.suler it as 

 the jaundice, or yaflrws^ 9s tliey twriii it; and 

 their remetlies have generally consisted of 

 saffron, iurm;'ric, or otiier inert medicines of 

 di yellow colour^ which tiiey seem to consider 

 as an indispensable quaUty in all medicines 

 employed for the ijcllozvs. On the same prin- 

 ciple they give dragon's blood, a rtd resmous 

 substance, and otiier red medicines, in all 

 cases of internal hemorrhage or bleedmg, such 

 as blood}' water, &c. (See Staggers, and Dis- 

 eases of the Stomach.) 



Flatulent Colic, Gripes, or Fret. 



Tills disease generally attacks rather sud- 

 denly, and is brought on by various causes : 



