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some time previous ; if the inner surface of the eyehds 

 or of the nasal membranes show any tinges of red, it is 

 still more necessary to bleed, and in such cases I would 

 repeat the same with moderation once or twice more, 

 or until this inflammatory appearance should be re- 

 moved. I have found this, united with mashing, in 

 many instances sufficient to relax the hide and reduce 

 the rugous tumefaction of the lampas. In most cases, 

 however, some more active internal remedies will be 

 found necessary w^ith a young and plethoric patient — 

 thus, one or two very mild doses of physic, preceded 

 by a nightly mash, into which ten grains of submuriate 

 of mercury has been mixed, are proper. If there be 

 joined to the affected hide, and the swollen or clammy 

 mouth of lampas, any eruptions on the skin, or any 

 cracks of the heels, stable soiling, or even daily turning 

 out to grass, are advisable ; but as these cases usually 

 happen when the animal is either at present wanted, 

 or intended soon to be used, so I have not mentioned 

 turning out altogether ; yet if these appearances prove 

 obstinate, such a course will be advisable, provided the 

 season and other circumstances are favourable to the 

 proceeding. But when neither the partial nor total 

 turning out to grass is convenient, and when soiling is 

 likewise not practicable, still the use of carrots as 

 manger-food can be resorted to. To this treatment 

 may be added, after the administration of the physic, a 

 nightly alterative. In thus recommending carrots, 

 soiling in the stable, partial or total turning out to 

 grass, &c., for an ill-conditioned horse, I shall startle 

 the systematic trainer, w^ho will perhaps exclaim, ' What 

 can these have to do with condition V But I would 

 request such to consider that I am here treating of an 

 actual state of diseased condition, which must be first 

 removed by a regular medical plan of treatment before 



