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" assume a clay-like, clammy coldness, — the coldness of death. 

 " The lining of the nostril turns purple 5 the teeth are violently 

 " ground ; the horse persists in standing until he can stand no 

 " longer, when he staggers, drops, and soon dies. 



" For this disease the only remedy thaFcan be depended upon 

 '* is the lancet. The horse must be bled, not according to quan- 

 " tity, not only till the pulse begins to rise, but until it begins to 

 " flutter or stop, and the animal begins to faint. The operator 

 " should watch this effect, with his finger on the pulse, while the 

 " bleeding is in process. At the end of six hours, if the horse 

 " still persist in standing and the laborious breathing still continue, 

 " the bleeding should be repeated to the same extent. This will 

 " generally succeed in conquering the strength of the disease. 

 " If a third bleeding be necessary, as is sometimes the case, it 

 " must not be carried beyond four or five quarts, lest not only 

 '' the disease, but the recuperative power be subdued. After 

 *' this, if the symptoms return, successive bleedings to the extent 

 " of two or three quarts should be used, to prevent the re-estab- 

 " lishment of the disease. The instrument for bleeding should 

 " be a broad-shouldered thumb-lancet, and the stream of blood 

 " should be full and strong. Some of the blood from each bleed- 

 " ing should be set aside in a glass tumbler, and suffered to grow 

 '' cold, in order to note the thickness of the buff-colored, adhesive 

 " coat which will appear on the top of it, and which indicates the 

 " degree of inflammation at the time the blood was drawn. We 

 " have seen it occupy above one-half the depth of the tumbler. 

 " As the condition of the blood improves, and the symptoms of 

 " the animal decrease, the bleeding may be gradually discon- 

 *' tinued. 



" The whole of the horse's chest and sides, up as far as to the 

 " elbows, should now be thoroughly blistered, the hair having 

 " been previously closely shaved, with an ointment of one part of 

 " Spanish flies, four of lard, and one of rosin, well rubbed in. In 

 " making the ointment, the rosin and lard should be melted 

 " together, and the flies then added. 



*' A horse with inflammation of the lungs must never be 



