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mal must be bled and physiced until the pulse is redu- 

 ced to its natural state, in the same manner as direct- 

 ed on the 13th and 14th pages, for inflammatory fe- 

 ver, using the purgative ball. In every case of bleed- 

 ing, a laxative should lollovv, and clysters or water- 

 gruel be administed in aid of both, at intervals of three 

 or four hours. Neglect not tolerably hot clothing ; 

 and by good hand rubbing, beginning gently, for it 

 is sore, at the neck and chest, and so proceed towards 

 the hind quarters, endeavor to obtain external heat, if 

 not perspiration. When these appear, it is a sign that 

 effusion has taken place, in a greater or less degree, 

 according to the quantity perspiration. This may be 

 assisted in some degree, after the laxative and cl\ ser 

 have well subsided, by administering a sweating ball. 



SWEATING BALL. — Take of Tartar emetic and assafcedida, 

 of each one drach ; liquorice powder and syrup enough to form a 

 ball, 



Repeat the same in twelve hours, unless much per- 

 spiration has supervened in the mean time, when there 

 will be no necessity for a repetition. Thin water-gru- 

 el will assist the expected perspiration ; or if he be 

 fleshy, a bran mash may supply its place; either must 

 be given blood warm. 



The heat of the lungs, which is the immediate cause 

 of the disorder, require pure healthy air, unmixed 

 with noxious effluvia, or confined air. He should be 

 in a clean warm stable, and not exposed to draught 

 and currants of air from windows or doors while yet 

 sweating with the diaphoretic just recommended. In 

 short, your own judgment will leach you that care 

 must be taken to prevent taking cold, which can only 

 be done by a uniform even circulation of pure air, in 

 a comfortable stable. 



The hand rubbing must be continued, particularly 

 of the legs, which in the worst period of the disease 

 are uncommonly fine, but should it last him some 

 time, they swell, and in either case prove they are 

 the barometer of the disorder, as well as the necessi- 

 ty of rubbing thera. Should the pulsation increase 

 and no favorable symptoms appear, bleed him until he 

 is reduced to a tottering state ; but this necessity will 



