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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
iitate this, injections containing a drachm of aloes dissolved 
in warm water should be administered. A few instances nave 
occurred of this disease being remedied by suddenly dashing 
pailfulls of cold or very warm water against the animal. Strong 
blisters applied to the spine have also proved efficacious. 
Warm clothing should invariably be adopted in this disease. 
Should what we have above pointed out prove ineffectual, 
the use of opium should next be resorted to, in the following 
manner:— 
Opium, pounded to a fine powder, a quarter of an ounce, 
dissolved in a drink of about half a gallon of warm gruel. 
This to be followed by a drachm every eight hours, and 
accompanied by a drachm of aloes. If, however, the jaw 
is so rigidly fixed that the horse cannot swallow at all, then 
the above should be administered in the form of injections. 
The following purgative has also been found to produce 
good results:— 
Aloes 
Oil of croton 
Soap 
Oil of aniseed 
Treacle 
Ginger 
8 drachms, 
2 drops, 
4 drachms, 
30 drops, 
2 ounces, 
3 drachms ; 
the aloes, ginger, and soap to be well beat in a mortar, 
and the oil of croton and oil of aniseed added and beaten 
into them; after which the treacle must be added, and the 
whole mixed with a pint of warm water. 
To assist in removing the costiveness which usually accom¬ 
panies this disease, the following injection should be given :— 
Olive oil . .8 ounces, 
Laudanum . 1 drachm, 
Water-gruel ... 2 quarts. 
Ln administering the medicine, it is necessary to exercise 
