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ilclhy
~t
"uCJ, or
at
InY other time ",hen he looks heJI'Y:
20d it is genmlly propcr 10 blecd bcfore parging.
Let your hode Jlw,¡)'s bc bkJ
by
nlea(ure, thal
SN
may know \Ihal quaotit)' you take awa)': l\I'oor three
(juans is always elluugh at one time; wheo yOIl
rcpe~t
it,
allow for the
dll~lde[,
nnd Ihe horCc's eonllltutioo.
Lel the blood, IIhen cold, bc carcCully cxamlncd, bOlh
as 10 colour aod coofi leoce, whethcr black,
fond,
Ca·
uy,
be.
Purging il oflen oecdT1ry in grofs fuI! horfe!, in fome
difordm of Ihe nomach, lil'er,
oc.
bUI (hould be di·
'rdleu with eaulioo, lidore a purge is gil'cn 10 any horfe,
;1
is
ncceO~ry
fome prepamion (hould bc made for il, in
order to render Ihe operalioo more fJfe and eflicaeious;
thus a horfe Ihal is full of OCOI Olould 6111 be blcd. aod
allhe
f~me
lime have bis diet lowered for a week, efpeci.
¡lIy Ihofe Ihal have becn pampercd for fale; feveral mafh·
e; of fCllded bran (hould alCo prcl'iouOy be given, in or_
der 10 Optll Ihe bowels, and unlo. u thcm of aoy iodura·
ted excremcol; which ComelinlCS proves an obnaele to the
working of tne phyGc, by creating grcat ficueCs aod
griping.
Let it be remembered, that a horfe is purged with di¡;'
Dculty; that the phyfic tenmlll' lies twentl'·four hours
in the golS before it works; and,
tl.atthe Inl! of bow–
els i[ has 10 pafs.throush, is above Ihirly yards; and Iy,
ing horizontally. c:oofequeodl' Iefinous and olher imprn–
per drugl may, aod ofteo do, by tbeir violeot irritalions,
occafion excdlive gripings and cold fwws, fhare off the
verl' mucus or lioiog of [he gUlS, and bríog on ioBarnma-
1ions, whieh oC[en termioate in mortificalioos, aod death .
11 is remarbble lOO, that [he IIDmaeh and gUls
oC
a
horCe are bUI Ihio, compared 10 fome olher animals
of
the fame bulk, aod Iherefore mul!
be
more liable
[O
in–
Jlamma[ion Qod ir!'italioo.
Horfes kcpl mueh in Ihe nable, wbo have nOt Ihe pro–
per benefil of
a.ir, and exercife, in proportioo tO their
food, fhould io fpring hlfe a mild purge or IWO, aCter
l
previous prepamioo by.bleeding, lowermg their dict, aod
fcalded mafbel.
Horfes [hal f.1l off in Iheir nomach, whether il pro·
ceeds from 100 Cull fecding, or iogendering crudilies aod
indigelltd matter, fhOllld have a mild purge or 111'0.
Horfes of a hOl lemperament, will no[ bear Ihe como
mon aloetic purges; their phy6c [bereCore fhould be mild
aod c:ooling.
PUl ging is alllJays fouod very beoeficial in flubbom dry
cougbs: bUI mlld mercurials joioed with Ibcm, maie Ibem
1el more eRi cious.
Horfes qf a walery connitution, who are fubjca tO
fwelled legs,lbat run a fharp brioy icbor. canOOI have Ihe
cauCes reo!Ol cd aoy way fo cffeaually as by purging.
Tbe firn purge you give 10 a horfe fbould be mild, in
order [O koow hisconllitatioo.
lt
is a minakcn notioo, lhal if a proper prepucd purge
docs 001 work [O elrpcllalion, Ihe borfe will be inju,cd by
it ; for Ihough i[ does 001 paf, by 11001, its"pemion may
be more efli_ cious, as ao Itcrali,e tO pun
y
[he blood,
¡ nd it may paf. by urioe, or olher fecrellons.
Purging medicioes are my fuccefsfully given in-CmaU
E
n
Y.
quanllll~!, n.i~cJ
""it I o¡h:1S
i
alld aél 111eo
31
all:.
ralivel.
IC ntmulial ph)'fic is gilcn,
Clre
fboulu be l.•ken Ih t
it. be wdl preparcd ; and IIJMm(r elo_ching, aOO 6rc l:r
CtrcumCp.. liaD
i~
Ihen
requil~ll.
PUlges fhollld
be
gil'en
wly
iD[he moming upon In
empty flomach: about Ihree or (our hour! a(lcr the horCe
h~s
token i[, he n.oulJ haye
a
feeu of fáfdcd br.n · and
a
lock or I\YO of hay m_y then be pUl ioto fus la[k:
Th
(ame day Sive him IWO more manteS; bUI Olould he rc.
f uf~
warm mm, he mal' be a1lowed raw bran.
AIl
hlS Water (hould
be
milk warrn, and ha,e a hanc!.
fui
oC
br.n fqu ctzed io il; bu[
ir
he refu(es tO drtnk
whi[( wmr, glveit himwithoul bno.
Early Ihe next mOl ninll. give him aoother mafh; but
if he rdufes
[O
(al·it, give him as much "'alm waler u
hc
will
dnok: le[ him be properlr c1oathed, and rocle
gCOll1 abou\. This Olould be done [11'0 or thlee linltl a·
day, unlcfs he purges yiolendy, once or twice willlhen
be fufficien[: al oigbt give him a feed of 011S miled wlth
bran.
Duriog [he working, a horfe fhould driok pleotifully ;
but. if he will 001 drink warm water, he mull be Indul·
ged wilh cold, mher thao 001 drínk al a11.
We fhall here inCerl fome grnerat formaof purges.
T
AKE
fuccolrine aloes len drams, jallapandfalt of
11[.
lar each [11'0 drams, graled ginger onedram, oil of
eloves Ihmy drops
i
make Ihem io[o a ball witb fy.
rup of buckthoro,
Or,
T
AKE
aloes aod cream of lartaI eaeh one ounce, jallap
two drams, cloyes powdered ooe dram, fyrup
or
bucktlloro a fufficient quaolity.
Or,
The following, whicb has
an
eOablifbed chm ller
I
1I100g fportCmUl.
T
AK
t
aloes, from [en drafM [O ao ouocc aod ao bllf,
myrrh and ginger powdercd caeh balf ao ouoce,
fafFron anc! 011 of annifeed mil halC
2
dram.
Mr GibCoo recommends lhe follo .....ing,
T
AK E
fuecolrioe aloes len drams, ml'rrh fiody po",
dered half ao ouoce, fafl'ron and frefh jallap In po",
der
oC
each a dram, make Ihem ioto a niff hall
with fyrup of rofes, Ihen add a fmall Cpooaful
of
reéli6ed od
oC
amber.
The fuccolrine aloes fhould al-.vays be preCmed 10 [he
Barbadocs or planlatlOD aloes; Ihough the Imel mar
be
given to robull IIroog horCes,but efea Ihen fhoold al"ar
be prepared with the falt, or cream of
[arcar;
wbieh by
opcniogjts pam, preyents ilS adheGoo 10 Ihe com
oC
Ihe
nOllUch, aod bowe!s; from wheoce horrid griplogl, and
e'eD deatb i[Celf has often eofued. Thll C'_u[ioo il "eU
wortb remarkiog, as maoy a horfe hatb fallen a f.¡ollict
lO the neglea of il.
H
alf ao DIInce of Callile foap, 10 a horfe
oC
•
a
rofi
c:onni[utioo, may be dded tO IOy of tbe abo.e
i
lod
che
proportioal may be inemfc.d fur nroog borfe•.
Wheo mercurial phyficisintended, gire lwodranuof
(l'
fome! orer nigb[, mlxed up ",ilh half an ouree ofa
dll~Dle
Dd a 111
hODey,;md che purging b Ile ne. lIlWl DI.'.
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