2^8 FEVERS. 



In refpedl to fymptoms, the infpecllon fhoiild 

 be made with care and attention ; the general 

 modes of enquiry are SUPERFICIAL, and 

 the deciilon often FALLACIOUS. The pa« 

 thognomonic, or certain figns, are an univer- 

 fal heat and difordered pulfe, a palpable difqui- 

 etude and uneaiinefs, fliifting from place to 

 place ; the horfe labours under difficult refpi- 

 ration, his mouth is very dry^ his tongue parch- 

 ed and hot, he declines food but receives water* 

 fometimes feizes his hay with feeming eager- 

 nefs, then drops it in difappointment; the body 

 is generally coftive, and in the early ftate of 

 difeafe^ there is a proportional obftruclion of 

 tirine. Let a fever proceed from whatever 

 caufe, the indications of cure are ftill the fame^ 

 diminiih the preternatural heat to the degree 

 that conftitutes its healthy ftate, remove all in- 

 ternal obflruftions, and, by a proper and judi- 

 cious admin iftration of medicines (calculated 

 to fubdue the original caufe), all dependent 

 fymptoms will certainly fubiide* 



The firft neceffary ftep to a recftification of 

 fuch inflammatory or difeafed ftate of the blood 

 is a redudllon in quantity, therefore inftantly 

 ^/iW, according to ftrength and circumftances. 



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