DIARRHCEA^ OR PURGING. 101 



lying down in a state of insensibility, having 

 just before been plunging and throwing himself 

 about very violently : the attendants supposed 

 him to be dying ; and, indeed, 1 should have 

 been of the same opinion, had not the pulse 

 retained some des^ree of strengrth. I im- 

 mediately opened both temporal arteries, and 

 after they had bled about ten minutes, the 

 horse got upon his legs, appeared perfectly 

 easy, and from that moment gradually re- 

 covered without the assistance of any other 

 remedy. 



When the disposition to sleep is not removed 

 by the first bleeding, the head should be 



blistered, and a rowei inserted under the jaw. 



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PURGATIVE DRAUGHT. 



Succotrine aloes, <- 1 oz. 



Castile soap, - - 2 dr. 



Common salt, - - 4 oz. 



Water, - - - - 1 pint. 



Mix for one dose. 



Diarrhcca^^ or Purging. 



This is not a very common disease in the 

 horse, and seldom difficult of cure. It mav 



