The horse and his diseases : embracing his history and varieties, breeding and management and vices; with the diseases to which he is subject, and the remedies best adapted to their cure . paredchalk and tincture of ginger each one ounce; powdered opiumone drachm ; tincture of catechu half an ounce ; tincture ofred pepper two drachms ; and one pint of water. Throw upinjections of two ounces of laudanum in half a pint of water,frequently, and give thin gruel to drink. No blood shouldbe taken under any circumstances. DIAKEHCBA. This disease often arises in the absence of any inflammatoryaction u
The horse and his diseases : embracing his history and varieties, breeding and management and vices; with the diseases to which he is subject, and the remedies best adapted to their cure . paredchalk and tincture of ginger each one ounce; powdered opiumone drachm ; tincture of catechu half an ounce ; tincture ofred pepper two drachms ; and one pint of water. Throw upinjections of two ounces of laudanum in half a pint of water,frequently, and give thin gruel to drink. No blood shouldbe taken under any circumstances. DIAKEHCBA. This disease often arises in the absence of any inflammatoryaction upon the raucous surface of the intestines; and hencethe distinction cannot be made by the ordinary observer be^^tween ft and dysentery, if purging should be present. Inorder to obviate this difficulty we recommend only such reme-dies as are calculated to answer either case, without the pos-sibility of doing injury by the administration of medicines 256 INORDINATE APPETITE. The causes of diarrhoea are over-exertion, exposure to cold,drinking freely of pump or spring water, and over doses ofphysic. For treatment, give in one pint of thin gruel, one ounce of pre- pared chalk, half a n. OMAtt PASHA, THE TURKISH CHIEFTAIN. fi^_ of tinc-^ ture of^M^^^^^^^^^^^^m opium,_ ^_^ and one ounce of tincture of-^^^ ginger. Gruel, starch, or arrow-root should be freely given; goodsweet hay is very advantageous, but no grass or bran mashes should be allowed. I2;rOIlDI]NrATE of appetite is soon observed aud complained of by thehorse-owner, and in too many instances gives occasion for im-proper medication. Some horses are particularly choice inthe selection of their food, refusing that which is poor, ordaintily and languidly picking it over. Horses sometimes eatslowly and daintily in consequence of weakness of the diges- TALSY OF THE STOMACH. 25T live organs; in such cases a handful of camomile flowers occa-sionally mixed in the food will be of great benefit. Boiledpotatoes and the l
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