226 TREATMENT OF DISEASES- 



a pint of vinegar, simmered together over the 

 fire. 



If a horse takes cold, and, in stead of be- 

 coming feverish, remains cold, perhaps slightly 

 shivers, which sometimes happens, the hot in- 

 stead of the cooling treatment may be begun 

 with. A pint of warm beer, with two drachms 

 of ginger and one drachm of camphor dissolved 

 in it may be given, which repeat in twelve hours, 

 the grain being boiled, and mixed with a hot mash. 



A horse is seldom the better for having a 

 cold hanging on him a week or ten days, and 

 nothing is more annoying than hearing a fa- 

 vourite one coughing ; therefore these easy di- 

 rections should not be neglected : besides, as 

 colds of all kinds (both feverish colds, when 

 the pulse is quickened, the skin dry, and the 

 breath hot, &;c. ; and those when the pulse is not 

 quickened at all, and the running from the nos- 

 tril remains thin and watery) are so liable to 

 lay the foundation of rheumatism, or leave the 

 horse more or less debilitated, and pre-disposed 

 to take on other disease, the beer tonic, p. 

 148, should always be given every morning for 

 a week after the cold has gone off; or when 

 given during a chill or lingering cold, be con- 

 tinued for a day or two longer. 



For a horse in training, or that is sufficiently 



