New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-26


high feeding and warm stablpg, which, after sharp
exercise and being for some hours witbou. food are
exposed TO cold wind, are allowed TO drink freely
Of cold water, drenehed with rain, Or have
their legs and belly washed with cold water, are
almos: sure TO be attacked with Inflammation Of the
bowels. An oyerfed or overfat horse, which s SUBJ
jected 10 severe and long-con,nued exeriOn If bic
lungs be weak, will be attacked, probably the same
night, by inflammation of the lungs; il his lungs be
sonnd, the attack will be Cd his bowels the follow
ing day.
The diagnosis being made, and the disease being
fully established to be spasmodic cholera, and not in
fammatioD the treatment should be ss follows: Give
at once in a drencb, by horn bottle, three ounces
Of sprfs Of turpentine and an Of sudanum in
pint Of warm ae the effect of which will often be in
stan.aneous. If these ingredients cannot be quickly
obtsined, drench Of hot ale with ginger, wne-gass
full Of gin and teaspoonfu of black pepper with,
possible, the lsudanum added win succeed as subso
tute II the paro1ysm returns or if relief Of decided
kind do not take place within half an hour from ioui
six quarts of blood msy be taken with advantage, In
order to prevent Inflammation. The dose OF 'urpentine
should be repeated and oysters Of warm water, with
ounce Of finely powdered Babadoes sloes dissolved
in them. should be injected at intervals until the
Injections common wooden pipe with an OF bladder
will answer although the patent syringe is far better.
The nine should be creased and introduced gently and
tendery great care being had not to alarm or stsrte
the animal The operation and effect Of the medicines
Will be promoted by gentle friction Of the belly with
brush or not flannel CLOTH and by walking the HORSE
or tropg him very gently about; but all violence, or
yolen. notions must be avoided as tending to produce
rhoea xEhi he
cured with ease in any village, almost in any house,
will almost to certainty remove the disease. When
relief is obtained, the horses clothes should be
changed, which will be found to be saturated with
sweat; he should be slightly cleaned; warmly and
dryly Uttered down, if possible, in 4 loose box, and
should be fed, for two or three days, warm bran
nashes and suffered to drink warm water only. It
is evident that the above treatment, which is stimu
laing, would be probably fatal as it would aggravate
oil the worst features in Of inflammation, which
must be treated nearly possible on the opposite
plan-that is alphabetically.
The first STEP in decided cases OF Inflammation OF the
bowels, where the e1tremities are cold, and the
pulse very quick and very feebleobserye here, thG
ffty-ve is very quick indicating considerable fever,
and seventy five peiously quck-is to take eight or
ten quarts OF blood as the maady appears
FOR there is no other malady tina. quickly runs lite
course If this do not relieve the pain, and render the
pulse more moderate and fuller and rounder, four or
five quarts more may be taken without any regard TO
the weakness OF the animal. That weakness ID part
of the disease, and when the inflammation is subdued
by the loss of blood the weakness will disappear We
have said that most Of tie acute diseases OF the horse
and the man are closely similar, and their treatment
analogous. In acute inflammation Of the bowels
there is an exception. The human practitioner
properly uses strong pugatves in cases OF acute In
Rammation of the bowels. The irritabllty OF the
horse bowels will not allow their exhibition The most
that can be done is to throw up copous injections
they can hardly be too copious of thin Cruel IN when
half pound Of EPSON salts or half an ounce of Barba-
does aloes has been dissolved. The horse should be
encouraged to drink freely Of warm thin Cruel and ne
should have draught every six hours OF warm water
With from one to two drachms aloes DIS
solved in it. Above sD, the whole belly should be
bsered, az quickly possible after the nature OF the
disease is fully sscertsned with tincture of canhardes
vel rnhhed in. The legs should be well bandaged, TO
restore the erculaton and the horse shoud be warm
y clothed but the stable kept cool. No hay or oats
must be allowed during the attack but merely bran
mashes and green meat; of the latter especially as
much as he will eat As the horse RECEIVERS little oats
may be given handful or two at time twice orhrce
q day, but not more and they should be Increased
sparingy and gradually. Oysters Of cruel should be
continued for two or three days. and handrubbng and
bsndagng to restore the circulation There another
hind Of inflammation of the bowels, which attacks the
inner or mucous membrane and is produced by super
pmgaten and the exhibition Of improper medicine, in
improper quantities. Its characteristics are excessive
purging laborous breathing pulse quick and small but
r. r. l.oAn nn1
al. the mouth is hot and the legs and ears warm.
h this disease, no food must be allowed, least OF
al Laxative food such as mashes green meat; but
draughs and oysters of Cruel thin starch and arrow.
scot may be given frequently. ii the pain and purg-
ING do not pass away within twelve hours astrngents
Gus. be given. The best form is powdered chalk
| or. caechu o., opium scruples, in Cruel, re-
peated every sI hours until the purgng begins to SUBJ
side when the doses should be gradually decreased and
disc ontnued. Bleeding is not generally necessary,
spless the inflammation and fever are excessive. The
horse should be kept warm, and his legs rubbed
and bandaged as directed in the former type Of the
disease.
IsFLANhAIIoS OF The LrSGs.-Ths disease, which
in state Of nature is almost unknown 10 the horse, Is
to which in his domescaed state he is most liable,
ard which is mos. fatal TO him. Il requires immediate
and mos. active treatment. l. 10 sometimes sudden in
ts attack but is generally preceded by fever. The
pulse is not always much quickened, in the first in
stance, but 10 ndlstinc and depressed. The eItremi
ies are painfully cold; the lining membrane Of the nos
hills becomes intensely red the breathing is quick,
hurried, and seems to be interrupted by pain or me-
ehsncal obstruction. The horse stands stfiy, with
his legs far apart TO disteDd his chest to the ut
most, AMI is sioguarly unwilling TO move, or to lie
down, persis.ing in standing up, day after day and
night after night and if compelled to lie down by 70
ague OF last, rises again after moments repose. The