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331&#93; WIN enlarged ; In consequence of which, the chest is not sufficiently capa- cious to admit of their due expan- sion. According to his advice, the diseased animal should be bled two or three times; when its bowels must be opened by a dose of calo- mel, and the following balls be given for several days: — Let 8 oz. of aurum mosaicum (which con- sists of equal parts of mercury, tin, sal ammoniac, and sulphur) ; 4 oz. of myrrh, and an equal quan- tity of elecampane, both reduced to powder; bay-berries and ani- seed, each 1 oz. ; with half an oz. of saffron, be triturated together, and made into balls, with a sufficient quantity of oxymel of squills. — This preparation may be divided into 12 doses; but, as the aurum mosaicum is a tedious and expen- sive preparation, either 8 oz. of pulverized squills, or a similar por- tion of gum-ammoniac, or 4 oz. of each, may be safely substituted. Mr. Gibson direfts the food of broken-winded horses to consist principally of corn, slightly moist- ened with uriiie or pnre water; and, if two or three cloves of gar- lic be given with each meal, they will afford great relief; as that root stimulates the solids, and dis- solves the viscid fluids, which im- pede the a6tion of the lungs. Mr. Taplin, however, conjec- tures that broken wind originates from obstructions in the minute vessels of the lungs ; which are occasioned by foul feeding, want of sufficient exercise, and inatten- tion to cleansing the intestines of horses, by occasional purgatives ; so that the elasticity of the whole system is impaired. He is there- fore of opinion, that a cure can only be effe6ted in an early stage of the disease ; and, with this view. WIN [331 he recommends frequent, but mo- derate bloodlettings, which should be succeeded by a regular course, or three doses, of the following pur- gative balls, namely :-^Take, of Socotrine aloes, nine drams ; jalap and rhubarb, of each Iv dram j gum-amnioniac, calomel, and gin- ger, of each 1 dram; and (iO drops of oil of juniper. These ingre- dients are to be carefully incorpo- rated, and formed into 3 balls, with a proper quantity of syrup of buck- thorn. Three days after the opera- tion of the third dose, Mr. Taplin diredts one ball, prepared in the following manner, to be taken every morning, for such a period as will enable a person to judge, whe- ther there be any prospect of re- covery : — Take 8 oz. of the best white soap; 3 oz. of gum-ammo- niac, and a similar quantity of guai- acum ; 2 oz. of aniseed, and the same portions of liquorice, myrrh, and Benjamin ; also balsam of Peru, Tolu, and oil of aniseed, of each I an oz : these articles are to be compounded into a mass, with Barbadoes tar, and divided into 20 doses, or balls. Throughout the whole treatment of this malady, whether Mr. Tap- lin's or Mr. Gibson's directions be tollowed, it will be advisable to allow but little hay and water, lest any accumulation should take place in the intestines. — The animal should likewise be moderately ex- ercised ; and the greatest precau- tion taken to prevent a cold. Thus, it will speedily be ascertained, how far a total or partial cure may pro- bably be obtained. Wind-flower. See Ane- mone. WIND-GALL, in farriery, sig- nifies a windy swelling, on both sides of the back sinew, above the fetlocks.