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it is advifeable to give fmall quantities of oats that have 
been deeped in boiling water ; the fweeteft hay fhould 
alfo be felefted, and given occafionally. '•’’Malt is an ex¬ 
cellent reftorative on thefe occafions, but muft be given 
fparingly. Whenthe weatlter is favourable, let the horfe 
be led out for a (hurt time every day; or if a fmall pad- 
dock be at hand, and the leafon of the year favourable, he 
may be turned out for a few hours every day, while the 
fun (bines, taking care that he is well clothed. By thefe 
means he may gradually recover his llrength, health, and 
value. 
Inflammation of the Bowels. —This difeafe is not 
fo frequent in horfes as the preceding ; though it is 
equally dangerous, and more rapid in its progrefs. In¬ 
flammation may attack either the peritoneal coat of the 
inteftine, or that delicate membrane which forms the in¬ 
ternal or villous coat : in the former cafe, the difeafe is 
ufually attended with coftivenefs; whereas, in the latter, 
a violent purging is the moll confpicuous fymptom ; but 
in which ever of thefe coats the inflammation firlf begins, 
it is apt to pafs very quickly to the other. The peritoneal 
inflammation begins with dulnefs and unealinefs in the 
horfe ; the appetite is diminillied, or loft, and the pulfe 
becomes more frequent; as the febrile fymptoms increafe, 
he keeps pawing with his fore feet, and frequently endea¬ 
vours to kick his belly ; he lies down, and fttddenly rifes 
again, ftronglv exprelling the violence of the pain he fuf- 
fers ; his urine is high coloured, and in fmall quantity, 
and fometimes voided with confiderable pain ; he is ge¬ 
nerally coftive, and the pulfe remarkably quick ; the 
legs and ears are cold, refpiration is difturbed, and fome¬ 
times, from the violence of the pain and the animal’s 
ftruggling, profufe perfpiration breaks out ; at length 
'mortification takes place, and is fucceeded by death. 
When only the internal coat of the inteftines is inflamed, 
there is generally a violent purging, accompanied with 
febrile fymptoms ; thefe, however, are feldont fo confi¬ 
derable as in peritoneal inflammation, nor does the animal 
appear to be in fo much pain. 
In the treatment of peritoneal inflammation, early and 
copious Heeding is alfo the mojl important remedy , inafmuch as 
it gives frelh ftimulus to the circulation, and thus ena¬ 
bles it to throw off the offending caufe. To co-operate 
with this efifort of nature, artificial inflammation on the 
furface of the body is of infinite advantage ; in which 
view the aftual cautery has been applied to the (kin of 
tire abdomen with manifeft advantage. But milder re¬ 
medies are in general to be preferred ; fuch as covering 
the horfe with warm clothing, fo as to keep up a copious 
perfpiration on the part; the whole of the abdomen or 
belly ihould have a warm embrocation affiduoully rubbed 
upon it, the ftimulating eft efts ot which are promoted by 
the warm clothing. Rowels Ihould alfo be opened about 
tire cheft and belly, putting into them bliftering ointment 
infteadof turpentine, or the common digellive ufually em¬ 
ployed for that purpole. If the horfe be coftive, which 
is moftly the cafe, give a pint of c aft or oil, and let clyfters 
of fine water-gruel be injefted. He Ihould be allowed to 
drink plentifully of warm infufion of linfeed, or warm 
water alone; and well rubbing the legs, with a liberal 
allowance of litter, Ihould not be forgotten. If the dif¬ 
eafe does not abate in fix hours after the bleeding, the 
operation muft be repeated, and if the coftivenefs con¬ 
tinues ten or twelve hours after the oil lias been taken, 
give another dqfe, and repeat the clyfter. Should the 
difeafe continue, and increafe in violence after thefe re¬ 
medies.have been applied, there will be little probability 
of a recovery, particularly if the pulfe be very quick, 
weak, and fluttering: thefe are always fatal fymptoms, 
denoting that mortification has taken place, which is the 
certain harbinger of death. 
With refpeft to the caufes of peritoneal inflammation, 
the mod ufual appears to be high feeding, and want of 
proper ex ere ife ; it is not unfrequently occafioned, how- 
J. 
ever, by putting a horfe fttddenly into warm ftables when 
taken from grafs ; but in fome inftances it is produced by 
the diftenlion which the inteftines have fuffered in flatu¬ 
lent cholic or gripes, where that complaint has been neg- 
lefted or improperly treated, or where the fpahns have 
been fo violent as to refill the operation of every medical 
remedy. 
An inflammation of the villous coat of the inteftines, 
we have before obferved, is commonly occafioned by giv¬ 
ing too ftrong phyfic, or by inattention during its opera¬ 
tion, and is generally accompanied with profufe purging ; 
in this cafe a different treatment is required from that re¬ 
commended for peritoneal inflammation; and bleeding 
nnift not be employed, unlefs the pulfe is much accele¬ 
rated, and the febrile fymptoms confiderable; the oil 
alfo muft be omitted ; but a hot embrocation, and warm 
clothing, are eminently ufeful. 
It is of confequence to make the horfe drink freely of 
water-gruel, or linfeed tea ; which, if he refufes, muft be 
given with a horn. If the difeafe be ftill obftinate, an 
anodyne clyfter fhould be injefted, or a reftringenf or 
anodynedraft poured down witlt the horn. To compound 
the reltiingent draft, take opium, one dram; prepared- 
chalk, half an ounce; powder of tragacanth, one ounce ; 
mint water, one pint.—For the anodyne draft, take opium, 
one ounce and a half, and mix in a quart of water-gruel.—■ 
For the embrocation, take camphor, one ounce ; oil of 
turpentine and water of pure ammoniac, eacli two ounces; 
flour of milliard, eight ounces; to be made into a thin 
pafte, and rubbed for a confiderable time on the part.—» 
For the anodyne clyfter, take opium,, half an ounce; 
water-gruel, three pints ; and mix for one injeftion. 
Inflammation of the Stomach. —Thisvifcus, like 
the inteftines, is liable to be inflamed, both on its external 
and internal furface. When the external coat is the feat 
of the difeafe, the fymptoms are nearly the fame as in- 
peritoneal inflammation of the inteftines; and therefore a 
iimilar treatment is required. When inflammation at¬ 
tacks the peritoneal coat of the ftomach, it foon ditfufes 
itfelf to the fmall inteftines and neighbouring vifcera. 
In examining horfes, therefore, that have died of this 
difeafe, we feldom find the inflammation confined to one 
particular organ ; it more commonly happens, that the 
whole of the abdominal vifcera exhibit morbid appear¬ 
ances, but in different degrees ; tliofe mod; contiguous to 
the part rtrlt aftefted having fuffered conliderably, while 
fuch as are more remote front it are perhaps fcarcely al¬ 
tered ; whence it is eafy to diftinguiih the original feat of 
the malady. 
An inflammation of the internal or villous coat of the 
ftomach is not a very common difeafe, and is generally oc- 
cafioned either by poifonous herbs, or (trong corroding 
medicines; and it has been erroneoully attributed to that 
fpecies of grub called the hot ; for a very curious account 
of which fee Entomology, vol. vi. p. 842. When- 
poifons, or ftrong medicines incautipully given, are the 
caufe, it will of courfe come on fuddenly, the pulfe will 
be extremely quick and weak, the extremities cold, re- 
fpiration difficult, attended fometimes with a cough, and 
always by a high degree of debility. The treatment of 
this difeafe conlifts in giving oily or mucilaginous liquids 
freely, fuch as decoftion of linfeed, gum arabic difiblved 
in water. Sec. and at the fame time medicines that are ca¬ 
pable of decompofmg or deftroying the poifon; for this 
pnrpofe the lulpluirated kali is ufeful, indofes of half aiv 
ounce. Clyfters are to be injected, and if the difeafe is 
accompanied with purging, they fhould be compofcd of 
ftrong linfeed decoftion, or water-gruel. 
Inflammation of the Kidneys and Bladder.—. 
This dileafe does not very frequently occur, and is gene¬ 
rally occafioned by an immoderate ufe of ftrong diuretic 
medicines. On its firft attack the horfe repeatedly ltands 
as if he wanted to ftale, fometimes voiding a fmall quan¬ 
tity 
