COLDS.
YoungHorsesare much more liable to Colds than those that are full grown.
The most common cause of Coldsis riding or driving Horses till they are Hot, and then suffering them to stand still where the Air is cold and chilling.—Another very usual cause of Colds is removing a Horse out of a Hot Stable to a Cold one:—a Cold taken this way will be more violent, in the degree that a Horse has been highly fed and hotly clothed: this is the reason why many Horses catch such very severe Colds soon after they come out of a Dealer’s hands.—New-built Stables, before they have been well aired and seasoned, and even Old Stables, when they have stood long empty and grown damp, are dangerous to tender Horses, that have been kept warm.
WHEN A HORSE HAS CAUGHT A COLD,
for his Diet let him have the sweetest and best Hay, and scalded Branand Water, with the chill taken off;—for his Physic, the following prescription: let him be prepared for it (if his Disorder permits) the two preceding days by some feeds of scalded Bran, which will render its operation not only more easy, but more effective:—for those Horses that have a narrow swallow, or that take Balls reluctantly, let the Ball be dissolved in a pint of Ale or Gruel, made just milk-warm.
HORSE BALLS
should be made into an Oval shape, and not exceed the size of a pullet’s Egg; when the dose is large, they may be made into two: they should be dipped in Oil, that they may slip down with ease; for striving much in thrusting down Balls, greatly increases a Horse’s antipathy to such things, and renders it troublesome to administer them.
PURGING BALL.
Take Soccotrine Aloes, six drachms;Castile Soap, three drachms;Grated Ginger, one drachm;Oil of Caraway, twenty drops;Syrup sufficient to make it into a Ball, which may berolled in Flour.
Take Soccotrine Aloes, six drachms;Castile Soap, three drachms;Grated Ginger, one drachm;Oil of Caraway, twenty drops;Syrup sufficient to make it into a Ball, which may berolled in Flour.
Take Soccotrine Aloes, six drachms;Castile Soap, three drachms;Grated Ginger, one drachm;Oil of Caraway, twenty drops;Syrup sufficient to make it into a Ball, which may berolled in Flour.
Take Soccotrine Aloes, six drachms;
Castile Soap, three drachms;
Grated Ginger, one drachm;
Oil of Caraway, twenty drops;
Syrup sufficient to make it into a Ball, which may be
rolled in Flour.
This will answer all the purpose of Physic for Horses whose intestines are not extremely idle, for whom a drachm of Jalap may be added, which will seldom fail operating effectually.
The best time to give a Horse Physic, is about 5 or 6 o’Clock in the Evening: it will then begin to operate about Noon the next day, and sometimes it will move the Bowels in the Morning.
About three or four hours after, a Horse should have a feed of scalded Bran: when he has eaten that up, he should have a small portion of Sweet Hay let down into his Rack. He may have one or two more feeds of scalded Bran the same day; and if he refuses to eat warm meat, which some Horses will loathe that have been cloyed with it before, he may be allowed raw Bran, which, if he drink sufficiently with it, will do the business perfectly well. Let his drink be made milk-warm, with a handful of Bran squeezed in it; but if he refuse to drink white water freely, let him have it without the Bran, for his Physic will always work the more, the more kindly he drinks, which let him do ofwarm water as much as he will. Early the next morning, he may have another small feed of scalded Bran; but if he does not choose to Eat, which sometimes happens before the Physic has begun to work, while his stomach is squeamish, let him Drink as much water as he cares for, with the Chill taken off, and ride him gently, beginning with a Walk, and afterwards a gentle trot, which will help the operation of his Medicine.—Gibson on Horses, 4to. p. 129. 1751.
FOR CRACKED OR SORE HEELS.
To cure these, there is nothing better than theZinc Ointmentof the last Pharmacopœia of the London College of Physicians.
At night wash the Heels clean first, and then rub in a little of the Ointment with your fingers, and tie a bit of linen rag round it. Take it off when he goes out. On his return home, wash his Heels, and repeat the above application. In ten days or a fortnight it will effect a complete cure, if your Horse be in good Health.
For Cracked Heels, the following is recommended:—
Take Soap Liniment, an ounce and a half;Camphorated Spirit, an ounce;Oil of Turpentine, half an ounce.Mix.
Take Soap Liniment, an ounce and a half;Camphorated Spirit, an ounce;Oil of Turpentine, half an ounce.Mix.
Take Soap Liniment, an ounce and a half;Camphorated Spirit, an ounce;Oil of Turpentine, half an ounce.Mix.
Take Soap Liniment, an ounce and a half;
Camphorated Spirit, an ounce;
Oil of Turpentine, half an ounce.
Mix.
DIURETIC BALLS FOR SWELLED HEELS, ETC.
Take Yellow Resin, one pound;Yellow Soap, andNitre, in powder, each twelve ounces;Ginger, in powder, four ounces;Oil of Juniper, a quarter of an ounce.Melt the Resin and Soap in a pan over a slow fire:when dissolved, stir in the other articles. One ounce anda half for a Dose, to be given about twice a Week.
Take Yellow Resin, one pound;Yellow Soap, andNitre, in powder, each twelve ounces;Ginger, in powder, four ounces;Oil of Juniper, a quarter of an ounce.Melt the Resin and Soap in a pan over a slow fire:when dissolved, stir in the other articles. One ounce anda half for a Dose, to be given about twice a Week.
Take Yellow Resin, one pound;Yellow Soap, andNitre, in powder, each twelve ounces;Ginger, in powder, four ounces;Oil of Juniper, a quarter of an ounce.
Take Yellow Resin, one pound;
Yellow Soap, and
Nitre, in powder, each twelve ounces;
Ginger, in powder, four ounces;
Oil of Juniper, a quarter of an ounce.
Melt the Resin and Soap in a pan over a slow fire:when dissolved, stir in the other articles. One ounce anda half for a Dose, to be given about twice a Week.
Melt the Resin and Soap in a pan over a slow fire:
when dissolved, stir in the other articles. One ounce and
a half for a Dose, to be given about twice a Week.
London Carriage Horsesfrequently fail in their Health about October and November, which the administration of this medicine will speedily restore.