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litnl glyOcr, with IWO ounces of nitre dill'olved in it,

lhould be tbrown up twice a·day,

cool Ihe inft,med

boweh ; plcnty of gum.arabic waler nlOuld be takcn,

loda pint of the following drink given every tWOor three

Lours, till feveralloore Oo.ols are procured; aod then it

Olould be given ooly night and morniog till !he Morder

remo,ed.

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feooa three ounces, ralt of tartar half an ounce;

infure io a q\lart of boiliog water an hour or two;

thenOraiDolf, aod add two ounces of lenitive elec·

tuary, and four of Glauber's ra!ts.

this dirorder is oot rcmoved by thefe means, but

the ioflammatioo aod feve r increare, attended with a diC·

charge of the ftelh coloured water above dcrcribed, the

mnt will moO probably

fatal: anp the chief thiog to

depended

oow, muO be a flrong decoélion of Jeru.

its bark, giveo to the quantity of a piot every three

bou", with a gill of red porl.wine.

quart of Ihe fame Olay be ufed for a glyOer, with

t.,o ouom of Venice turpcntine, dill'olved with the

yol~s

of two eggs, an ouoce of diarcord,um, and a pint of red

~ne,

and given IIvice a·day: if tbe horfe recovers, give

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or Ihree .,ild rbubarb purgl'S.

The

l~fI

we Ihall dercribe is Ihe dry gripes, or the

cholic, whicharifes oflenfrom coOiveners ; it is difcover.

ed by the borfe's frequeot and fruidefs motion to dung,

Ibe blaeknefs and hardnefs of Ihe dung, the frequeot

:md quick. motion of his tail, the high colour of hlS u·

riDe, aod his great

refll~ll'ners

and uneafiners.

lothis cafe Ihe Orait gut nlOuld be ex.amined and emp'

tied wilh a fmall hand oiled properly for that parpofe ;

Iheemollieot ollyglyfler, (p.

545.

col.

par

7.)

Ihould be

t~rown

uptwice a day; and tlle above purging drink given,

Idl the boweh are unloaded, and Ihe fymptoms removed.

The diet for

horre io the gripes, fhould be fcalded

brin, warm water.grud, or white waler, made by dif·

folviog four ounees of gum·arabie in a quan of water,

and mixing it with bis other water.

From this hiftory and divifion of gripes and eholics,

with Iheir dilferent treatment, 'it appears how abfolutely

nmll'~ry

it is they Ihould be well uoderflood, in order

managed O,ilfully: it is plain. too, that.violent bot

medicines fhould in evcry fpecies of tbis diforder beguardo

ed againfl, and given wilb great cautioo and difcretion,

e'eo io the firn kind of filnulent cholic, where indeed

Ihey can only be w¡OIed; yel too often, wheo prepared

by.the farriers with oil of Illrpenline, geneva, pepper, and

b.nne,

6c.

they even increafe that diforder, by (limula·

11ng Ihe neck of the bladder, too forcibly heating Ihe

blood, and inflaming the b, wcls, till a morti6cation is

brought on them. Therc are, in general, the conflant

appmanm of horfes that die of Ihis dirorder, whore

!>owch

being examincd for that purpofe, have been fOUAd

mfiamed, full of red and livid CpOIS, fometimes quite

black, crifped with ex¡reme heat, and rollCo.

¡he

LAX

and

SCO URING,

wilh

Ol!tr

Dlfordm

.ji

Ihe

STOMACH

ond

BOWELs.

is fometimes a nice matler 10 form a proper

jud~.

lDeot wheo 10 cootroul or cncourage aloofcnefs, but theCe

génc'ral

.r~lcs

may

a direaion:

a healthy full horfe,

Gn toklng cold, or upon hard riding, overfeeding,

ealing unwholefome food, or with a Oight fem, fllOuld

have a moderate purging, by no means Ihink of flopping

il; but rather encourage it wilh an open diet, and plenty.

of warm gluel : but if it conlinues long, with gripings,

Ihe mucos of the bowels coming a\Vay, aod the horfe

lormg

hi~

appetite and fiefh, it is then high tillle to gi, e

him proper medicines; if he voids grea! quantities of

flim, and greafy maner, give him the following dreoch,

and repeat il every other day for three times.

Elenitive deftuary and cream of tartar of caeh

four ouoces, yellow roGn 6ncly powdered ooe

ounce, and four ounm of fweet oil; mix with a

pint of water grue\.

The following ahmlive ball alone has been found

fuccefsful for this purpofe, wheo given twice a·week.

with Ccalded bran and warm grue\.

E fuccotrine a10es half In ouoce, diapenle one

ounce

make into a ball with the juice of Spaniflt

liquorice dill'olved io water, aod afpoonful of oil

amber.

To Ihis may

arlded two drams of myrrh, and a dram

of falfron, and (where il can be a[orded) half ao OUDce

of rhubarb.

Wheo Ihe purging is a!teoded with a fever, rhubarb

(hould 6rfl be given to the quanlity of half an ounce,

Wilh an ouoct and half of lenitive deftuary; at nigh!

after the working, give half ao ounce or more of diafcor·

dium iD a pint of red wioc mulled wilh ciooamon, aod

repeat it every day, and the rhubarb b.1I once in tIVO or

!hree.

But if the diOemper increares, the hOI fe's ftaok. aod

belly look fllll and difleoded, and be appean griped and

in pain, let this glyOer be given, and Ihe quaOlity of

diafcordium incre.fed ao ounce in his riight-drink

TAKE chamomile flowm one handful. red roCes hal6

a handful', pomegranate and balauflines of each an

ounce; boil in two quam of water toone ; Orainoff,.

and dill'olve in it two or three ounees of diafcor.

dium. and one of milhridate; to whieh may

add·

cd a pint of pon "ire : repeat it once a·day.

the flux continues violent, give an.ounce of rock·

alum" with an ounee and a half of bole, twice a·day;

or, dill'olve double this quaOlily with two ouoce of dia·

fcordium, and the cordial ball, in tlVO quans of hamo

born drink; tO which may be added a pint of port; and

give the horre, three or four

time~

a.day, a pint of this

drink. For this purpofe alfo a (lrorog. decoélion of oak·

bark may be giveo, wilh either of ,he above remedies.

and 10 the fame quantity; even by icftlf, it will be found

00 trlal no inconfidmble remedy.

When the diftharge is amnded wilh an acrid mucus

or Oime, the griping and pains are very fevere, the com–

mon lining of the bowels being wafhed away; io this

de the follollÍng glyfler (bould frequently

inje{led'

warm,

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of tripe liquor or thin (\arch two, quarts, oil

of olim half a pint, the yrlk of fix eggs well

broke, and twO or three ounce! of courre fugar.

Sorne horfes harin& naturally wea fiomachs an.!

bowels,