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warmth will greatly tend to assist in promot- 

 ing the necessary discharge. When circum- 

 stances and weather will permit, the horse 

 should have the advantage of air and short 

 gentle exercise, regular dressing, and the ac^ 

 customed course of stable discipline, only iq 

 a less decree than usual. 



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It is a consolation in this distemper, that a 

 symptom of danger seldom occurs, unless 

 from neglect or absolute cruelty in using or 

 driving a horse to extremity in the height of 

 disease, so as to produce great fever and \\\^ 

 flammation. The disorder generally termi- 

 nates with a running at the nose, in a greater 

 or less degree, which should be frequently 

 cleansed from the inside of the nostrils, by 

 means of a sponge sufficiently moistened in 

 warm water to prevent its acquiring an adr 

 hesion to those parts, or a foulness and foeti- 

 dity that would shortly become^ acrimonious 

 and corrosive. When the wound is entirely 

 healed, the horse has regained his appetite, 

 and may be considered perfectly recovered 

 from the languor and debilitation which this 

 complaint constantly produces, he should 

 be put upon a gentle course of mild ynevcurial 

 physic, if there are no circumstances to for- 



