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stable-keepers to have their stables thoroughly white- 

 washed, also feed-troughs, inside as well as outside, of 

 course stables well ventilated, and to continue to white- 

 wash inside of troughs three times a week during the 

 prevalence of the disease. I would also have a lump of 

 assafcetida, size of an egg, put securely in a rag, out of 

 the reach of the horse's mouth, but so that he can inhale 

 some of the odor from it ; this done, if the disease shows 

 itself by a disagreeable discharge from the nose and red- 

 dening of the membranes of the eyes and nose with a 

 slight hacking cough and general depression, with excited 

 pulse, go to work at once. Give him to drink hot water, 

 as hot as he will drink it ; mix two tablespoon fills of nitre 

 in half a pail of water, and let him drink as much hot 

 water as he will ; and feed slops (the rich offal of wheat), 

 ship-stuff, and that scalded first, and then cooled a little, 

 so that he can take it warm ; mix a little salt in this, to 

 create thirst for more warm water. If the legs are cold, 

 steep in hot water, very hot ; put each leg in a bucket of 

 it, and sponge the whole leg for a considerable time, say 

 fifteen minutes, and then rub dry ; quickly wrap up in 

 heavy flannels, not very tight, but still tight enough to 

 remain on ; this done, perspiration will almost to a cer- 

 tainty follow. If so, rub dry, blanket lightly, and keep 

 him out of any draft, and the chances are the horse will 

 get over it ; if, on the contrary, he still has fever, make a 

 blister of the whites of three eggs, one wine-glass of tur- 

 pentine, one of proof spirits, mix well, then warm it, 

 and it will thicken to a paste, and rub this in well behind 

 the shoulder about the lung, once, twice, or thrice, if 

 necessary. If these things cannot be had, use any other 

 blisters, all the while keeping extremities warm, and feed 

 warm food and hot drinks; his throat may be rubbed with 

 same paste, if perceptibly swollen ; at same time keep 



