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will not eat any thing else. His water should be rather 

 warm, and given often, but in small quantities ; and his 

 clothing moderate, too much heat being pernicious in a fe- 

 ver. If he refuse his meat, do not let it lie before him, but 

 take it away, and clean his rack and manger. If he be able 

 to go about, a little walking exercise in the open air will be 

 very proper, but you must be careful not to get him wet. 



This method, with good nursing, will often be sufficient to 

 restore the horse to health ; but if he refuse his meat, more 

 blood should be taken fi-om him, and the drink continued ; 

 and if his dung be hard and knotty, a clyster should be 

 given. 



Take Marsbmallows and 



Camomile Flowers, a handful each. 

 Boil one-third away in three quarts water — strain, and add 



4 ounces of Venice Treacle. 



1 pint of Pale Rape Oil. 



The above will make three clysters, to be given at four 

 hours distance. If his pulse continue high and quick, give 

 the following : 



2 ounces of Nitre. 



2 ounces of Cream of Tartar. 



4 ounces of Glauber's Salt. 



2 ounces of Lenitive Electuary. 



Dissolve them in hot water, give one-half, and the other 

 half the day following. If the horse be very open in his 

 body, you need not give the above ; but if dry, be sure to 

 give it him. If he be very open, give him four drams of 

 bark in a gill of red port. By pursuing this method, the 

 horse will begin to recover, and will relish his hay, though 

 his flanks will continue to heave for a fortnight. Nothing 

 more will be requisite to complete the cure than walking 

 him abroad in the air, and giving him plenty of clean litter 

 to rest on in the stable. 



There is another and much worse kind of fever to which 

 horses are often subject, and which often proves fatal if not 

 properly treated, viz. : 



A Compound Fever. 



Symptoms. — The symptoms of this disease are — a slow fe- 

 ver, with great depression ; and sometimes inward heat and 

 outward cold, and at other times heat all over, but not ex- 

 cessive. The horse's eyes are moist and languid ; his mouth 

 is continually moist, so that he is not desirous of drinking, 

 and when he does drink, a very little satisfies him ; he eats 

 very little, and moves his joints in a loose, feeble manner. 



