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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY 
day, and in some cases while working hard, more frequently, 
and in smaller quantities. 
Remedy. —The horse must be bled copiously in the jugular 
or neck vein, taking at first from eight to ten quarts, as the 
animal will bear it. After some little time has elapsed, this 
should be repeated, but a less quantity of blood drawn off. 
If the lower intestines, or rectum, is overloaded with dung, 
the hand should be forced up the rectum, and the bowels 
relieved in this way. If the animal exhibits symptoms of 
relief, the following medicine should be administered, in the 
form of a ball:— 
Barbadoes aloes 
Calomel 
Ginger 
Jalap 
l£ ounce, 
2 drachms, 
3 drachms, 
\ drachm ; 
these to be mixed with honey or treacle, in sufficient quan¬ 
tity to form a ball. 
Sometimes a clyster is useful, which may be formed of 
the following ingredients :— 
Oatmeal gruel . . 3 quarts, 
Common salt . . 3 ounces, 
Olive oil . pint, 
or in its stead half-a-pound of butter. 
Or the following:— 
A decoction of mallows . 3 quarts. 
Lintseed oil . . pint. 
Treacle . . . ^ pound. 
These clysters may be repeated twice or thnce with 
beneficial effect. 
Blisters behind the ears, Cayenne pepper blown up the 
nostrils, as well as bark and spices given internally, are 
perfectly useless. Indeed the two former are ridiculous. 
