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330 ON CATARRH. 



The fever running high, with violent heaving 

 of the flanks, indicating great commotion of the 

 blood, rattling in the throat, with loud flrong 

 cough ; all cordial drenches, or balls com- 

 pounded of hot feeds, ought to be avoided, as 

 they occalion a dangerous increafe of the fever. 

 Cooling, aperient, and diuretic drinks, fimilar 

 to thofe already recommended, muft be the 

 dependance here ; nor mud the horfe be over- 

 burthened with cloths. The giving hot fpicy 

 drenches, in this cafe, is a ufual error of the 

 farriers, who judging in a right line, that cold 

 and heat are oppofites ; and the horfe having a 

 cold, think they cannot do better than to ply 

 him with heat. 



On the contrary, fhould the horfes blood 

 feem chilled, with cold breath, cold extremities, 

 and little difcharge from the nofe, it will be 

 neceflary to allow plenty of clothing, and to 

 exhibit warm cordial and ftimulating medi^ 

 cines ; perhaps in this cafe, bleeding may be 

 omitted. The common cordial ball, I have 

 generally found of equal efficacy with the other 

 forms recommended ; variety of which how- 

 ever will be found in this Chapter. Comfort- 

 able malt maflies w^ill be required. Should the 

 cold have been contrafted from the horfe being 

 long expofed to the weather, when heated with 

 violent exercife, or from paffing deep waters 

 in that (late, and the limbs become fwelled, ftiff, 



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