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Dilute the blood with plenty of water, or \Vhite drink;

let his diet be warm bran mallles, aod his hay Cpriokled.

Should thc fever riCe, which will be koowo by thc fymp.

toms above deCcribed, give him ao ouoce of oitre thrice a·

day io his water, or made up in a ball wÍth honey. Let

his body be kept cool aod open, with the openiog drink,

given twice or thriee a.week; or an ounee of Calt of lar·

may be giveo every day, di{i'olved io his water, for

that purpoCe, omitting then the nitre. ACter a week's

trcatmeot io this manoer, the cordial ball may be given

ooce or IlVice a.day, with an iofuGon of liquorice. root

{weeteoed \Vith honey; tO which may be added, \Vheo the

phlegm is tough, or cough dryand hull<y, a quaner of a

piot of linCeed or Callad oil, aDd the fame quaotÍly of

oxymel fquills.

The follo\Ving cooliog purge is very proper to give at

the decline of Ihe dillemper, and may be repeared three

or four times.

TA KE tlVO ounces of feDna; anoiCeed and Cenoel brui·

fed, eaeh half an ounee; falt of tartar three dram,;

let them iofuCe twO hours in a piot of boiliog water;

llraio off, and dil1'olve in it three ouoces of Clau·

ber's Calt, aod twO of cream of tartar; give for a

dofe in the moroiDg.

This purge geoerally works before night very geDtly;

aod iofevers, aod all iDAammatory diCorders, is iDfinilely

preferable to aoy other phyfic.

Before we c10fe tbis cbapter on fevers, it may be no

improper biDt to tbe curious, to take DotÍce that ahorfe's

pulfe Ibould more panicularly be attended to than is cuf·

tomary, as

proper ellimate may thereby be made both

of the desree aDd violeDce of the fever prefent, by ob–

ferviDS tbe rapidity of the blood's mOlion, and the force

Ihat the hean and arteries labour with to propel it round.

The oighell calculation that has beeo made of the quick.

nefs of the pulfe in a healthy horfe, is, that it beats a·

bout Cony llrokes in a minute ; fo Ibat io proponion to

Ihe increaCe above this number, the fever is rifiog, and if

fanher increafed to above Hty, the fever is ver.y high.

Howoflen the pulfe beats in a minute may eafily be

dircovered by meafuring Ihe time wilh a ftop·walch, or

mlOUle Cand'glaC" while your hand is laid on the horfe's

nm fide, or your fingers 00 aoy anery; IhoCe which run

up 00 eaehfide Ihe neck, are geoerally to be feeo beatiog

as well as felt alitde above Ihe chell; and one withinfide

eaeh les may be traeed with the fioger.

. Adue meotion to the pulfe is fo important an aniele,

10 order to form a proper judgmcnt in fevers, Ihat it

would appear amazing it has fo much beeo neglelled, if

ooe did OOt recolleét, that the geoeralily of farriers are

fo egreSioufly igooraol, Ihat they have 00 maooer of con·

ceplioo of lhe blood's circulatioo, nor in geoeral have

lhey ability enough to tlillinguilb the difFereoce between

anny aod a vein.-With Cueh pretlyguardians do we

10tru(l Ihe healths and lives of lhe mo(1valuable of a·

Dimals !

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PLEURl SV,

ami

INFLAMM.\TlON

ojthe

LUNe s,

&c.

THEsE diCordm have Ccarce been mentiooed byaoy

Wriler in

farri~ry

before Mr Gibfon; who, by frequenl'

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Iy examining lhe carcafe, of dead horf<s, has fOI¡od lh'm

fubjelllo lhe ddfcreot kiods of ioflammalioos herc de.

fcribed.

lo order to oininguifh thefe diforders from othm, we

fllall dcfcribe lhe fymploms io Mr GibCon's own woros.

A pleurify Iheo, which is an ioAamalion of lhe

pleura; aod

peripoeumooy, which is an inAammalion

of lhe lungs; have fymploms very much alike; wilh

this differeoce ooly, lhat in a pleurily a horfe Ibews great

uneafine:s, and

lbi~IS

about from place to plaee; the fe·

ver, whlch at 6rllls moderale, ri[.s fuddenly very high ;

io lhe begioniog he ofleo llrives 10 he cowo, but f1an s

up again immedialely, aod frequeody turos his head lO'

ward~

lhe affeéted fide, which has cau[ed maoy tO mi·

llake a pleuritie

~iCorder

for .lhe gripes, lhis fign beiog

commoo lO boto, lhough wllh lhis ,differeoce: in lhe

gripes a horCe frequeotly Iies dolVo and rolls, aod when

lhey are violeot he will alfo have coovulfil'e lwilches,

his eyes being luroed up, aod his limbs llrmhed out as

if he were dying ; his em and feet are fomelimes occa·

fiooally hOl, and fomelimes as cold as ice; he falls into

profuCe Cweats, aod lhen inlo coltl damps; llrim ofleo to

nale and dung, but wilh great pain aod dilliculty; whieh

fymptoms geoerally contioue, till he has fome rdief:

but in a pleurify, a horCe's em and feet are a1ways

buroiog hOl, his moulh parched aod <l\'y, his

pulf~

hard

aod quiek: eveo fomelimes when he is nigh dyiog, his

fever is conlinued and iocreafiog; aod lhough iD the

be·

giooing he makes many mOlions 10 lie dowo, yet afler–

wards he reios back as far as his collar will permit, and

makes not lhe lean ofFer to chaoge his pollure, but

ll~ods

panting wirh

1I1Or!

llops, and a difpofilion to cough, lill

he has relief, or drops down.

In an ioflammation of the lungs, feveral of Ihe fymp–

toms are the fame ; ooly iD the beginoiDg he is leCs aétire,

and never ofFers to lie down duriog lhe whole time of his

fickoefs; his fever is llroog, brealhiog difficult, and al–

tended Wilh a Ibon cough: and whereas in a pluerify a

horCe's moulh is generally parched and dry; in an iD–

flammalion of Ihe luogs, when a horfe's mouth is open,

a ropy flime will run out in abuodance; he gleets alfo at

Ihe ooCe a reddifh or yellowifll \Vmr, which llicks like

glue to

l~e

iofide of his nonrils.

lo a pleurify, a horfe heaves and works riolendy at

his flaoks , Wilh great relllcl1'oefs, aod fo r Ihe mon part

his belly is tucked up; but iD ao ioAammalioo of

Ih~

luog5, he always fhelVs fullneCs, aod lhe working of hi,

flaoks is regular, except afler driokiog and IIliftiog his

pollure; and his ears and feet are for the mon pan cold,

aod ofleo in damp fweels.

The cure of bOlh lheCe diforders is the fame. In the

begiooing a llroog horfe may lofe Ihree quans of blood,

lhe next day IWO quarlS more

aod if [ymploms do OOt

abate, Ihe bleediogs muf! be repeated, a quarl at a lime;

{or it is fpecdy, large, aod quick.repealed bleedings Ibat

are io Iheft cafes chieAy to be depeoded oo. But if a

horfe has had aoy previous weakne[s, or is old, yon

mnl~

bleed him io leCs qnanlilies, and oflener. 1IIr Cibfon

recommeods rowels 00 each fide lhe brean, aoJ one nn

Ihe belly; aod a blifleriog Ointmeol lO be lubbcd

~II

his briOlet upoo lhe {oremon rihs.

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