326 ON CATARRH. 



not hefitate to aver without giving up the con- 

 ftant evidence of my fenfes. As to the hot 

 caufe of catarrh, according to the ancient pa- 

 thology, Mr. Blaine fhould at no rate have ob- 

 jefted, confidering his apparent inchnation to 

 the new theory of Dr. Beddoes and others al- 

 ready adverted to ; befides, why not a variety 

 of types in catarrh as well as in fever ? Mr, 

 Blaine, in the chara61er of Profeflbr, fays " We 

 " therefore now give no cordials." I would 

 wifli to fay modeftly, \;^herefore we^ on the 

 contrary, do flill occafionally give cordials — • 

 becaufe nature herfelf has eflabliflaed their ufe, 

 and pra6lice continues to fandion it. Even 

 the old-fafhioned cordial-ball is ftill found a 

 convenient ftimulant and deobftruent. But 

 enough may be found in my books againft the 

 frequent abufes of medicines of this clafs by 

 grooms and farriers. 



That cordials fhould have the particular ef- 

 fe6l of throwing coagulable lymph into the 

 trachea, feems rather a fanciful notion ; nor is it 

 probable that fuch common effeft conftitutes 

 what is ftyled a roo.rer, fmce, in that cafe^ 

 roarers would be much more frequent. Of the 

 nofe-bag in a cold, one of our late improve- 

 ments, as I have never experienced its ufe, I 

 can only fay, fpeculatively, that I take it to be 

 a very convenient vehicle, from which the horfe 

 may fwallow the largeft pofhble quantity of 



. difcharge. 



