FARDEL-BOUND, OR EXCESSIVE COSTIVENESS 
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with hard breathing, and a considerable degree of fever. 
The animal loathes his food, and draws his hind legs to¬ 
wards the belly. 
Causes. —This disease is said to have its origin from the 
animal being kept a length of time on dry food, and from 
eating the leaves of the oak-tree. It is said to be chiefly 
confined to the wealds of Kent and Sussex. The swelling 
of the body is occasioned by the intestinal passage being 
stopped by the pressure of a strong ligament, which cleaves 
the interior of the loins. 
Remedies. —Give the animal a pint of castor-oil in half- 
a-gallon of warm oatmeal-gruel, with half-an-ounce of salt 
of tartar, or carbonate of soda, so that they may incorpo¬ 
rate properly. If in twelve hours this purgative does not 
restore the bowels to their proper condition, let the follow¬ 
ing formula be administered :— 
Salt of tartar . . 3 drachms, 
Gamboge, finely powdered 1 drachm, 
Tartarized antimony . ounce, 
Gum-assafoetida . ^ ounce. 
Let the latter be well rubbed down in a small quantity of 
warm water, until properly incorporated, and then add to 
the whole two quarts of oatmeal-gruel, and give it as a 
drink. 
Veterinary surgeons frequently treat this disease by oper¬ 
ation. The animal is first thrown on the ground, and an 
incision made in the flank sufficient to admit the hand ; 
when the operator will insert his hand to feel for the liga¬ 
ment by which the intestine is bound, and having dis¬ 
covered it, he separates the ligament with the nail of his 
thumb, which enables the intestine to assume its natural 
position. The part is then sewed up, and it will soon heal 
if the animal is in a good condition of body. 
