THE JAUNDICE, OR YELLOWS. 
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another, the distinctive symptoms of both we shall point 
out when we treat of them. 
INFLAMMATION OF THE LIVER. 
Symptoms.— Although this disease is rare in horses, it 
nevertheless occasionally occurs, and is not easily to be 
detected from inflammation of the bowels. Its principal 
characteristic is a restlessness in the animal, without the 
appearance of suffering that pain which accompanies other 
inflammatory complaints. 
Remedy.— The following should be given for two or three 
days successively, in the form of a small ball:— 
Compound extract of colocynth . 7 grains, 
Calomel . . . . .6 grains, 
Syrup.1 drachm. 
Should the above not remove the uneasy symptoms, it will 
be necessary to have recourse to a veterinary surgeon. 
THE JAUNDICE, OR YELLOWS. 
Symptoms. —The eyes are yellow, as well as the skin of 
the mouth, and also the other naked parts. The dung is 
voided in small, hard balls, and the urine of a high yellow 
colour; the appetite is blunted, and general weakness 
evinces itself. 
Causes. —This complaint is occasioned by some obstruc¬ 
tion in the single duct—for the horse has but one—through 
which the bile is conducted from the liver to the intestines ; 
or from an increased and undue quantity of bile. The 
horse being destitute of a gall-bladder, the bile flows imme¬ 
diately as it is formed. 
Remedies. —Purgatives must be employed to restore the 
functions of the organs to their healthy condition. These 
