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patient is frequently retra6ted ; and, according 

 to Gibfon, the horfe will be fometimes javf-fet. 

 This inflammation of the fldrt is probably the 

 proximate caufe of a horfe 's flopping and falling 

 in over exertion, as in the common cafe of hunt- 

 ers and poft-horfes, inhumanly ridden to death. 

 When there is any hope, bleed a fmall quan- 

 tity, and give every three hours a drink of the 

 rSftorative herbs, with tin6lure of ailafcetida, 

 half an ounce ; inake-root, half an ounce ; faf- 

 fron, two drachms ; tw^o drachms laudanum. 

 In a day or two, cordial ball in mulled Port ; 

 to one pint of w^hich add half a pint herb 

 drink. On return of appetite, fine fragrant 

 picked hay in very fmall quantities, and warm 

 maflies of malt and frefli bran. Gentle fric- 

 tions. Frefh air. Large bed to roll upon. 



A Peripneumony neglefted may terminate 

 in a colleclion of coagulable lymph, left un- 

 abforbcd in the cheli This kind of dropfy is 

 mentioned by Wood, and another writer v/hofe 

 name I have forgotten. The figns are, diffi- 

 culty in moving the fore-quarters ; if the dif- 

 eafe be curable, tapping muff be the means. 



The following cafe of pleurodyne, happened 

 a few years back : A hale robult woman, of 

 about thirty- five, accuftomed to earn her living 

 by gathering water- ere ffes, became conftantly 

 afflicted with pains in her fide. She was bled 

 fo frequently (although with little relief) that 



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