OR, HORSE DOCTOR, 21 



powerful and effectual medicine known than camphor in all 

 kinds of putrid fevers, it being active, attenuating, and par- 

 ticularly calculated to promote urine and perspiration, the 

 two principal outlets by which relief is to be obtained ; and 

 if this medicine were more often given than it is, it would 

 be a greater credit to the farrier, and give greater relief to 

 the horse. 



If the horse be costive, clysters, or an opening drink, 

 should be given ; and should he purge moderately, be care- 

 ful not to suppress it ; but if it continue so long as to en- 

 feeble the horse, give him a little red port wine and bai'k. 

 Also observe to let the animal drink plentifully, for that will 

 greatly promote the operation of the above named medi- 

 cines, as both the disorder and the medicines will cause a 

 thirst. If the horse can bear walking about, a little open 

 air will be proper, but be careful to keep him well covered. 

 Particular attention should also be paid to his staling, which 

 if it flow in too great quantities, must be repressed by pro- 

 per astringents, and by giving him lime-water ; and, on the 

 other hand, if he stale so little as to occasion a fullness or 

 swelling in his body and legs, give the following drink : 



1 ounce of Nitre. 



2 ounces of Castile Soap. 



1 ounce of Venice Turpentine. 



2 drams of Oil of Juniper 



Make them into a ball with liquorice powder, and give 

 them at twice twenty-four hours distance. These balls may 

 be given as occasions may require, and are very proper to 

 convey off the greasy, slimy matter from the passage of the 

 urine, and to settle swelled legs. 



These are the best methods of management, and will gen- 

 erally prove successful ; but sometimes art will fail, and the 

 horse will discharge a greenish or a reddish gleet from his 

 nostrils, and sneeze very frequently ; he will continue to 

 lose his flesh, become hide-bound, refuse his meat, swell 

 about his joints, and his eyes will appear fixed and dead ; 

 a purging also ensues, and a dark-colored, foetid matter is 

 discharged. When these symptoms appear, the case may be 

 considered desperate, and all attempts to save the horse will 

 be fruitless. 



In this disorder you must take care not to let the horse 

 eat too much, for his diet should be light, and in small quan- 

 tities at once, and increased gradually as he may gain 

 strength. When his skin feels kind, his ears and feet con- 

 tinue moderately warm, his eyes look lively, his nose re- 

 mains clean and dry, his appetite mends, he lies down with 



