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APPENDIX. 



DISEASES, AND THEIR TREATMENT. 



A COLD. 



Thi3 is such a common disease, that many people look 

 upon it with indifference ; but there are few disorders inci- 

 dent to horses, which do not more or less derive their origin 

 from a Cold. But, as only those who are used to horses, 

 can tell when they have got this disease, it will be necessary 

 to describe the nature of a cold, and the usual symptoms 

 that attend it. 



Causes of Colds. These are various ; but the most 

 usual are, riding the horse till he is hot, and then suffering 

 him to stand still, exposed to the cold air ; removing him 

 from a hot stable to a cold one : (if the horse have been 

 high-fed, and clothed, the cold contracted in this manner 

 often proves very violent ; and this is the reason why horses 

 often catch a severe cold on their first coming out of the 

 dealer's hands :) neglecting to rub him properly down, and 

 to rub the sweat carefully off when he comes in from a 

 journey. 



Symptoms. When a horse has caught cold, a cough 

 will follow, and he will be heavy and dull in proportion to 

 the severity of the disease : his eyes will be wateiy ; the 

 kernels about his ears, and under his jaws, will swell, and a 

 thin mucous gleet will run from his nose. If the cold be 

 violent, the horse will be feverish ; his flanks will heave, 

 and he will refuse his food. The owner should be very 

 careful to obsei've these last symptoms ; because, when they 

 appear, and are attended with a slimy mouth, cold ears 

 and feet, moist eyes, and a great inward soreness, there is 

 danger of a fever, and genei-ally of a malignant kind. But 

 when the hor^e coughs stronsjly. and snorts aft<^r it. cats 



