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Peruvian bark, - . 1 ounce. 

 Nitre, - _ _ half an ounce. 



Ginger, _ - _ half an ounce. 



Mixed and given in a pint of rue tea. 



When the horse has not been bled and the dis- 

 order has been suffered to proceed, if a mortification 

 does not take place, nature makes an effort to throw 

 off the disease, and a quantity of mucus is discharged 

 from the nostrils, and the legs and parts under the 

 chest, arising from debility and an effusion of water 

 in the chest, swell. Under these circumstances, 

 bleeding is improper; but the following diuretic 

 ball may be given with safety and advantage : 



Assafoetida, _ . 2 drachms. 



Liquorice powder, - half an ounce. 

 Venice turpentine, - half an ounce. 



Made into a ball. To be repeated in twenty-four 

 hours. 



The horse to have nourishing food, to be well 

 rubbed, his nostrils frequently cleaned ^vith a sponge 

 and warm water, the rack and manger well cleaned, 

 and the legs, after rubbing, bound round with hay- 

 bands. 



In violent attacks of inflammation on the lungs, 

 some practitioners advise a large blister, composed 

 of cantharides and sweet oil, to be rubbed on each 

 side of the chest, or a rowel to be introduced in the 

 breast ; but these remedies are too slow of acting in 

 desperate cases. Bleeding and clysters are therefore 

 the best remedies in this common but dangerous 

 disorder. 



30. The Distemper. 



Symptoms. — This is a kind of cold with which 

 horses are affected in the spring. It is attended 

 with some degree of fever, a sickness, and often a: 



