FEVER. 237 



of warm beer, with three drachms of ginger, 

 or a pint of port, and a pint of hot water, with 

 a little spice were given, a jhool put on, and 

 the horse gently trotted in hand for a quarter 

 of an hour, (or let the trotting go on while the 

 wine or beer is preparing, only be quick about 

 warming it,) the fever might be nipped in the 

 bud, and no more seen of it. Three horses I 

 have cured in this way; feeding on bran mashes 

 and green food the following two days. If un- 

 fortunately not observed at the onset, (which 

 it rarely is, except by a man who lives half 

 the day in his stable,) bleed* five or six quarts 

 if the horse is fat and the pulse much quickened ; 

 but if the pulse is not much quickened, or not 

 above forty-five, never bleed, for the horse will 

 frequently sink under it. Always backrake, then 

 clyster. Give half a drachm of calomel, one 

 drachm of emetic tartar, and one drachm and 

 a half of aloes, made into a ball, and ten hours 

 after, another ball of the same. After ten hours 

 more, give half a pint of linseed-oil, or six ounces 

 of Epsom salts in thin congee ; and if the dung 

 is not softened, repeat it after another ten hours : 

 nothing more, however, than three or four 

 extra evacuations are allowable ; purging is 

 strictly prohibited. If the pulse was high and 



* See '' Bleeding," p. 85. 



