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1lle diet and medidnc! fhould be both cooling, alteo

nualiog, rdJxing, and dilming; aod Ihe horfe (hould

have IVarm mafhes, aod pleoty of water or ¡¡rue!. The

rollowing ball! may he ¡¡iveothrice a·day.

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of fpermaceti aod oitre, of each ooe ouoce;

oil of annifeed, thirty drops ; honey eoough to make

a ball.

piot of barley.water, io which fig! aod liquorice–

root have beeo boiled; (hould be ¡¡ivenafter each hall; tO

which tbe j\lice of lemoos maybe added ; aod if thelungs

Ue greatly oppreffed with adry Olon cough, two or three

horos full of the deco,",ioo may oe giveo three or four

times a-day, with four fpoonfuls of honey and liofeed

oil. A flroog decoflion of the rattle·fnake·root is alCo

much recomOleoded io pleuritic difordcrs, aod may be gi .

•en to the quaotity of two quam a·day, flVemned with

honey.

remarkablyatteooates the blood, and

Mpu.

fes the inflammation, and iDfome paltS is deemed a fpe.

ci6c for this complaiot.

An emollient glyfler (hoald be injelled once a day, to

which may be added tIVOouoces of oitre or cream of

tí\rtar.

In two or three dars he will probably ruo at the nofe,

tnd begio tO feed; but fhould he oot, and conrinue hot

aod Ibott.breatbed, you mufl oleed him agaio, and gife

Ihe followiog glyfler.

TAl

fenoa and marlbmallows, of e3ch two ouoces:

fenoel aod bay-bmies, each ene ounce; boil in6fe

pints of clear water, to two qultu; pour off the

clear, aod add four ouoce! of purging falt!, twoor

three of fyrup of buckthotD, aod haH a pint of lio–

Ceed, Or aay common oil.

oy thefe meaos he grow! cooler, and his paiomode·

ntes, repeat the glyfler the next day, uolefs it IVorked

100

m~ch;

then iotermit a day; and when he comes tO

tal

fcalded brao aod picked hay, leave off the ball!, and

cDnlinue ooly me dccoélion, wilh OOIV and theo a glyfler.

Bot let it be obCerved, that a horCe feldom gel! the

beltCr of IheCe diCorders,

uolef~

he has relief in a few

days; for if the infiaOlnntioo is not checked in that time,

it ulually terminates in a gangrene, or colleélion of maller,

",bich, for want of txpeéloration, fooo Cufl"ocates him.

But as pleuritic diCorders are apt

Icave a taint

the lungs, great care OlOuld be taken of the horre'.! ex.

mife and feeding, wbich (hould be light and open for

t\Yo or tbree weeka.

There is alfo an external pleurify., or inAammation of

II,e mufdes between the ribs, which, when not properlr

treated, provea the foundatioo of that diCordcr Cóllled

the

chtjl founder;

for

the ioflammation is not diCper.

fedio time, and Ihe vilcid blood and juices

amnumd

by internal medicines, that a free circulJlioDis obtained ;

fuch a Uifl"nefs and inaflivilY "ill remain on IheCt pam,

as will not eafily be removed, and whieh is generally

known by the Dame of chefl Counder.

1l1e Cljlns of this inH,lmmation, or e'<teroal pleurify,

ore a fliffnr.f. of Ihe body, Oloulders, and fore.legs; at–

tcndeA COOlelimc:s Wilh a Olon dry cough, ¡nd

,¡

Ibrinkiog

~ hen

handled io IhoCe pam.

Illwljll~,

CoCt peflorals, atter,u.nt5, aod gentle purges

are the internal remedies ; and ateroaUy, !he parl! af.

feaed may be balhed with equal parts of Cpirit of fal aro

moniac, aod oiotment of marfh mallows, or oil of chamo.

mile.

ThcCe oUl\vard inflammations frequently fall into the

infide of the fore-Ieg, and fometimes nen the Iboulder'

formiog abCcefres, which terminate the diforder.

The membrane wbich feparates the lungs, and more

particularly the diaphragm or midrifl", is ofteo alCo iofta.

med; which is Ccarce to be diflinguilbed from the pleuri.

fy, only in this, thal when IhemidrifF is greatly inOlmed,

the horCe will fomel imes be jaw.Cet, and hislllou!h fo

much clofed that oothiog caD be got

but the method

of cure is the fame.

COUGH,

and

ASTH/IIl.

coofequence often of the preteding diCorders in·

judicioufly mated, are fmled habitual coughs; which

freq uently de¡¡eDerate iDlo aflhma3, aod broken·wind.

Nothing has more perplexed praélitiooers thao tbe cure

of fettled coughs; the cauCe of which, perhaps, has been

their IVant of atleDUOd to the difftreot fymptoms whicb

difiinguifh ooe eough from .nother

for without liria

obCervance thereof, it il impoffible to fiod O1It the true

melhod of cure.

Thus, if a horfe's eougb is of long fianding, attend·

ed with lofs of . ppetite, wafling of Aelb, snd weakneCs,

it denotes a confumption; and that me lungs are full of

kootty, hard fubllances, callerltubercles, whlch have often

been c!ifcovered on c!ifreflion.

rhe followiog figos denote wheD the cough proceedl

from phlegm, and Oimy mmer, that flop up tbe vefi"e1.

of the lungs .

The horfe's flaoks

~ave

a fuddcn quick motioo; he

breathes thick, but not wilh his nollrils open, like ahorCe

in afever, or that is brokco·wioded; his cough i. Come–

times dry ánd huO<y, fometimes moill, before whieh be

wheczes , raules io me tbroat, and fomerimes throwl out

of his nofe and mooth great gobs of whire phlegm, .eCpe·

cially afler drioking, or wheo he begins or

e.ds

hls

~K'

ercife, which difcharge commonly gives

gr~t

reltef.

SOOle fuch horfes wheeze and wde tO fuch a decret ,

and are

thick·winded, that tbey can Ccarce mOfe on,

till they have beeo out Come lime in Ihe air; lhough meo

tbey \ViII perform beyond cxpeélation.

The above allhmauc cafe prom often very obfil?m;

OUt, if ir

h~ppens

to a youn¡¡ borfe, aod Ihe cough

not

of long flanding, it is gready relimd, if not tOlally eu'

red, by the followiog merltod.

If the horfe is full of ftefh, bleed him pleollfully; Ir

low in ftefh, more fparingly; which may occafionally

repeatcd, on very great oppreffions and dillieulty ofblealh·

inr, in proponionate qU4Olities.

AS'llercurial medicines are found

rem~rkably

uferul

in theCe caCes, give a mercurial 0.11 (wilh t\VOdraml

of calomel)

ov~r

night, and a eommoo purge nelt morn·

ing: or the following, which

recommeoded by Mr

Gibfoo.

gum·galbaoum, ammooiacum, and

alf¡

rcrtid: