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must be made comfortable, and covered up in straw or 

 sheets ; we usually "bury" him in straw. This restores the 

 balance of the circulation, aften causing him to sweat ; and 

 after lying thus for one or two hours, he will get up re- 

 lieved, and begin to feed. 



No hay must be given him. After a little, he should be 

 encouraged to drink well-boiled gruel, or eat a thin bran- 

 mash. Injections must be continued till the bowels are 

 freely opened. For a few days he must be kept warm ; a 

 few mouthfuls of cold water may be given every hour ; 

 gentle walking exercise and sloppy diet must be continued 

 for some time. About the fourth day, even although the 

 bowels have become regular, he should have a purgative, 

 (from six to eight drachms of aloes, made into a ball,) to 

 remove ingesta, and restore the secretions to their natural 

 condition. 



SUPEEPUEGATION, DIAEEHCEA, ETC. 



An over-relaxed state of the bowels may arise from various 

 causes. In some aninials it is favoured by peculiarities of 

 conformation, as is seen in wfLshy horses, animals with long 

 legs, open ribs, and flat sides, with tucked-up bellies, such 

 being liable to purge from the simplest cause. 



Change of feed, especially from dry to green, is apt to 

 produce scouring. It is generally, as remarked by Mr Dun, 

 "' the evidence of something amiss, and the natural eflfort to 

 remove the evil," some irritant or indigested food being 

 lodged in the bowels, to remove which the intestinal fluids 

 are poured out in superabundance. The incautious use of 

 purgative medicines is a common cause of superpurgation. It 

 often occurs in the latter stages of debilitating diseases, when 

 it is always an untoward symptom, betokening a breaking- 

 up of the vital powers. The presence of Httle white worms 



