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with confiderable fever and fore throat, and with fymp- 

 toms of ftrangulation. In all cafes, if a horfe is fat 

 and ftrong, bleeding is proper before the tumour 

 forms matter : but here, when the difeafe is violent, 

 it is effentially neccflary.- The bowels fliould likewife 

 be opened by raking and clyfters, and the fwelled 

 glands poulticed, firft cutting off the hair. If they 

 feem to have a difpofilion to go back without fuppu- 

 ralion, fuffcr them fo to do, as it will fave the ani- 

 mal a painful difeafe, and no harm can arife from it. 

 When the throat is fo much affecfted as to prevent 

 the animal's fwallowing, bhfter it, by cutting the hair 

 clofe, and rubbing the 



Blistering Ointment [page 23] down the 

 throat, and near the briiket. To allay the fever, the 



Fever Powders [page 26] may be given. The 

 horfe fhould have his head cloathed, and be kept 

 generally warm, with mafties and warm water al- 

 lowed; and in every refpe(5l he fhould be treated as 

 a horfe in fever. When the glands have formed 

 their matter, which is known by the increafed fuell- 

 ing and foftnefs, open with a feton, or common 

 lancet, and gently prefs the matter out. 



The horfe fliould now be fupported with picked 

 hay, and malt maflies, till the cure is completed. 



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