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l'e.ienceJ (mier Ihould therefore be confulled .nd >tlende

10,

in regard

Ihe fy.nploms; but

vcry

ftldomas

the applicalion of lbe remedy, which is genwlly abol'e

t~eir

cOlllprehenfion; though il may be readily !deélcd,

dllly aueoding

lhe oblermions here inculcmd.

Firll Ihen, a moderate quaolity of blood, nol eXteeJ–

iog

th.ee

pinlS, may be uken

awa~,

and repwed in pro·

portian IU his ílrenglh, fullnefs, iowud forenefs, cough,

any"tendency:to inHammalion. Afler lhis, Ihe

fe~er

drink, (p. 457. col.

pmg,

3')

may be given, with Ihe

addition of an ounce of [oake-rool, anJ time dums of

(alfronaod camphor diIToh ed firll in a linle fpirit of wine ;

che quantilY of the nirre ma:¡ be lelfeoed, and thefe iD'

creafed, as the fymploms iodicate_

The

~iet

íbOltld be regular; DO om given, but fcalded,

or raw bran fprinkled; Ihe befi Bavoured hay lhould be

giveo by handfuls, and often by hand,

Ihe horfe fome–

times cannot lift up his head

the rack,

As drinlc.ing is fo abfolulely neceITary

dilute the

blood, if lhe hone refufes

drink freely of warm wa–

t.er

or gruel' he mull be ,indulged wilh having Ihe chill

ooly taken off, by ílanding in 1be fiable; nor will any

inconvenience enfue, bUI oftener an advanlage; for the

naufeous walmth of waler, forced on horfes for a time,

palls their tlomachs, and takes away Iheir appetites,

Vihich the cold water generaHy renores.

Should the fever after this treatment increafe, the horre

ked linle, ílale often, his urine being thin and pale,

and his dung fometimes loofe, and at olher times hard :

Ihould the moillure in his mouth continue, his Ikin being

Úlmetimes dry, and .t others moill, with his coat look–

ing narting, and

fur~eited':

upon thefe irregular fymp–

IOms, which denote great danger, give the following balls,

or drink; for in

thef~

cafes there is

time to be Ion.

TAH of contrayerva- root, myrrh, and fnake,root

po\Vdered, e3ch twO drams, fa{fron ooe dram, mi–

thridate or Venice treacle half an ounce; make inlO

.a ball wilh honey, which lhould be given twice or

thrice a-day, with t\Vo or three horns of ao infufioo

of fnake-root, !weetened with honey; to a pint and

.a half of which may be adoled half a piot of treacle

water or vioegar, which lam r is a medicine of ex–

cellent ufe in all kinds of ioHammatory and putrid

dilardm, either external or internal.

Sbould thefe balls not prove fuccefsful, add to cach a

dram of camphor, .od \Vhere it can be afforded, to a

horfe of . alue, the fame quantity of callor, Or the fol–

lowing drink may be fubllituted

their llead for fome

days.

of contrayerva and fnake-root of eRch t\Vo

ounces, liquoricc- root fliced one ounce, fa{fron two

drams ; infufe in two quaTls of boiling wmr clofe

comed fortwo hours; llrain off, and add half apint

of dillilled vinegar, four ounces of fpirit of winc,

wherein half an ounce of camphor is diITolved, amI

two ounces of mithridate Or Venice treacle; give a

pint of this drink every four, fix, or

eig~t

hours.

Should the horfe be colli,e, recourfe murl be had to

glyllers, or the opcning drink: lhould he purge, take

Gare not to fopprefs it, if modcrate; hUI if, by continu–

:.Lee, the horfe grow! feeble, add diafcordium to his

drinkt , iArread of ,the milhriuate; jf il iocmrCl, gife

more poteot rcmed.l•.

Let it be.ememoered, that camphor i, 3

pOlller–

fui and e{f,éludl medicine in tbeCe kiods or putnd fevtrI'

being bOlh atlive and auenuating, and particularly calcu:

kted

promotethe fecretions of urinc and perfptration.

Regard íbould alCo be had to his llaling; IIIhich, if in

100

gredt quanti,ies, fo as mantfeflly

dtprefs hisfpirits,

IhoulJ be eontrou led by proper rellnRgents, or by pre–

paring his drinks witl. bme,water. If, on lhe contrar)',

it happens that he is too remifs this way, aod nales fa

liule as tO oceaGon a fullnefs, and fwelling of the body

and legs, 'recourf, may be had to the following drink:

of falt pruneJla, or nitre, one ounee; juniper–

berries, and Venice turpcmine, of each half aa

ounce; níake·into a ball wi.h oil of amber.

Give him twO or three of thefe ball3, at proper ioter–

vals, with a detoéljon of marlh-rnaUows, fweeteoed lIIitb

honey.

But if, notwithllanding the method we have laid down,

a greeoi!h or feddilh gleet is difeharged from his non,il!,

with afrequent fneezing; if he continues to lofe his Berh,

and beeomes hide,bound; if he altogether forfakes his

meat, and daily grows weaker

if he fweJls about the

joints, and his eyes look fixed and dead; if the kernels

lInder his jaws fweJl, and fed loofe; if his taíl is raifed

and quivers; if his breatll fmells llrong, and a purging

enfues with a difcharge of fztid dark·eoloured mamr,

Iris cafe may theo be looked on as defperate, aod all fu–

ture attempls to fave him will be fruitlefs.

The figns of a horfe's reeovery are knowo by his hide

keering open, and his Ikin feeliog kiodly; his em and

feet will be of a moderate warmth, and his eyes brilk and

lively; his nofe grows clean and dry; hlS apetite mends,

he lays down weJl, and both llales aod dungs reglllarly.

Be careful not tO overfeed bim on his recovery; let his

diet be light, feeds fmaJl, and iocreafed by degrm as he

gets nrength; fOl by overfeeding, horfes have frequeot

reJapfes, or great furfeils, which are always difficult of

cure.

this fever lhould be brought to intermit, or prove of

the iOlermitting kind, immediately after the 6t is ove.r,

give an ounce of Jefuit's bark, and repeat it every hK

hours, tiJl the horfe has takeD four or fix ouoees; lhould

eruptions or fweJlings appear, they ought tO be encoura–

ged, for they are good fymptoms at the declioe of afe–

ver, denote atermination

the dinemll'U, aod tbat

further medicines are wanted.

The true reafons perhaps why fo manr horCes mifcar–

Ty in fevers, are, that their maners, or doélors, w.1I not

wait with palience, and let Datare have fair play: that

they generaJly negleft bleeding fufficieotly at firll;

a~d

are cooflantly forcing down fugar fops, or o.her fo?d

a.horn, as if a horfe mull be fiarved in a few days, .f he

did not eat: then they ply him twice or thrice a,day,with

het medicines nnd Cpirituous drinks, which (

except.ng

very few cafes) mull be extremely perniciou! tOa horfe,

whofe diet is Mtur.Jly fimple, and whofe llomach and

blooo, IIna6Cuflomed

fllch heating medicines, mufl be

greatly injurcd, and without uoubt are ofteo ioBamed by

fueh treatmeDt.

Dilllte