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ceflary is to diltinguilh glanders from other com- 

 plaints : it is not every running from the nofe that is 

 to be confidered as glanders, even though it lafts fome 

 time ; for ftrangles may produce it, or a fevere cold, 

 a blow on the nofe, or inflam.ed eye, &c. : but when 

 to the running is added little ulcers within the nofe, 

 the difeafe is certain. 



CLYSTERS 



Are of very great ufe in many cafes : they are al- 

 ways fafe, and, in general, very eafy to give; therefore 

 they are peculiarly worthy of notice in aTreatife on 

 Domeftic Farriery. Glyfters are particularly ufeful 

 to open the bowels in the horfe in fome difeafes, be- 

 caufe phyfic by the mouth takes fo long to ad, that 

 the animal is often loft before the effect can be pro- 

 duced. They are particularly ufeful in thofe cafes 

 in which it is not proper to give much medicine by 

 the mouth, as in moft great internal inflammations. 

 They are very ufeful to give nourifhment to the horfe 

 in thofe cafes where it cannot be got down the throat, 

 as in locked jaw, fome inftances of ftrangles, wounds 

 of the gullet, or ftabs of the fmall guts, long fe- 

 vers, &c. 



When glyfters are given to remove coftivenefs, it 

 is always proper to back-rake firft [fee Raking], 

 as it removes any hardened dung that might obftruft 

 the paiTage of the liquid. The apparatus ftiould be 



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