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appears stiff all over, and gently but anxiously 

 turns his head round to his sides. Sometimes 

 there is a cough ; sometimes none. 



Treatment. — Bleed six to eight quarts,* three 

 to four (according as the horse is large or small, 

 fat or thin) from each vein, at the same time ; and 

 it is particularly recommended in this inflamma- 

 tion to bleed from a large orifice with a broad- 

 shouldered lancet, that the blood may flow freely 

 and quickly. The bleeding over, back-rake ; then 

 clyster with one ounce of soap and four ounces 

 of Epsom salts in two gallons of water, and give 

 three drachms of aloes in half a pint of thin 

 congee. Soak the feet and legs in hot water, 



* See " Bleeding/' p. 85. Bleeding a particular quantity 

 may appear to veterinarians equally as objectionable as giving 

 a particular quantity of any medicine. Bleed, they say, till 

 the pulse rises, &c., &c. I once saw a man bleed, and take 

 a teacupful away, when he said the pulse rose. Bleed till the 

 pulse rises, is about as useful a piece of information to many 

 people as what I once received from a surgeon I had written to 

 regarding a horse that was dying from an inflamed vein ; first, 

 said he, '' dissect it out." Bleeding a given quantity may, in 

 some cases, be bad ; but a quart too much or too little is better 

 than a gallon too much or too little, and a certain quantity 

 must be laid down. I have done the same with the dangerous 

 medicine digitaUs, &c. ; for an acquaintance of mine once gave 

 hellebore to a horse (strictly according to some professional 

 book, he said) till the head drooped. It was done, however, 

 too effectually ; the head drooped for ever. 



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