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draw a small quantity of blood — about half a gill. Another 

 method of treatment is, to prick or puncture the aifected bars 

 in several places, near the middle, with a sharp knife or prod, 

 so as to draw considerable blood, and then take about an ounce 

 of powdered alum and a handful of salt, and scour the parts 

 thoroughly with it. While working with the mouth, a stick 

 should be put across, within the mouth, to prevent the horse 

 from shutting it on the hand. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE TONGUE. 



The marks of inflammation are heat, pain, swelling, and 

 redness. All these attend inflammation of the tongue. They 

 constitute the symptoms of the disease, except the degree of 

 general fever that accompanies it. It is generally the result of 

 injury. 



Treatment. — If the case is not very bad, and especially if 

 •caused by an injury: 



Take — Finely-powdered burnt alum J pound. 



Finely-powdered salt 1 pound. 



Corn-meal 2 pints. 



Mix. and apply to the tongue, by means of a swab, three or four times a day. 



If the case is very bad, give a physic of aloes with ginger, 

 and bleed to the extent of six quarts. A blister to the upper 

 part of the throat, in a very bad case, would be advisable. 

 The horse should be fed thin gruel and slops. 



LUNG FEVER. 



This disease is known by the names of lung fever^ infiamma- 

 iwi of the lungs, and pneumonia. It is an inflammation of the 

 substance of the lungs, or lights, as the butchers call them. It 

 may aftect either the right or left lung, or both of them. It 

 sometimes occurs in the form of congestion of the lungs, inflam- 

 mation proper never taking place; the lung remaining in a 



