APPENDIX. DISEASES OF THE BOVVKLS. 369 



No. 3. 

 Tincture of cardamoms, 2 oz. 



Mint water, - - 3 2 oz. 



Mix. 



Clysters also are to be given often, 



composed of 

 Common salt, - - 4 oz. 



Water, - 3 or 4 quarts. 



Linseed oil, - - 4 oz. 



Mix. 



Diseases of the Bowels. 

 ft is a fortunate circumstance for horses, as 

 well as for their owners, that immoderately 

 strong ]iiiysic is not so frequently given as 

 it used to be. An '>no- tlie numerous inconve- 

 niences arising from the strong purgjitives 

 recommended by writers on farrier^-, such 

 as twelve or fourteen drams of aloes, either 

 alone or with calomel*, there is one we have 

 not hitherto noticed, which we shall now 

 describe. 



* A few weeks ago I waji requested to attoid-xa sick liorsc: it 

 appeared, that the groom had given him 1 o/.. of Cape aloes ^ 

 which operated with great violence, and liad continued to act 

 two or three dajs after. On my arrival, it was too late to save 



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