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den cooling after being heated ; neglect of drpng prop 

 erly after being wet; [see page 89;] lying out cool 

 nights after labor ; standing in the cold after being 

 heated by fast driving ; sudden changes to cold, without 

 sufficient protection ; over-exertion, and neglect : change 

 from a warm to a colder stable ; and sometimes a change 

 from a cold to a hot stable. 



Symptoms. Shivering fits; icy coldness in the legs 

 and ears: an obscure, oppressed feeling in the pulse, 

 without material change in its motion, at first indicating 

 congestion in the lungs, and the heart has not power to 

 impel the blood onward ; quick and laborious heaving 

 of the Hanks; indication of pain by a turning of the 

 head, and gazing at the sides; standing stiff and 

 bracing; expansion of the nostrils; drooping of the 

 head ; mouth hot ; membrane of the nose red ; entire 

 loss of appetite. 



Remedy. Sweat freely, ( as on page 107. ) to aid 

 the diaphonetic medicine. Give clysters, and if there 

 be much costiveness, only mild clysters ; and feed bran 

 mashes and warm gruel, and feed lightly on loosening 

 food ; but do not give physic, on account of the sympa- 

 thy between the lungs and the bowels. After the inflam- 

 mation abates, if costiveness continue, give half doses of 

 physic. In the beginning, the following, or some othe' 

 sweating or diaphoretic medicine, should be given. 

 Tartar emetic and asafoetida, one drachm each ; liquorice, 

 one drachm ; make into a ball, and put down the throat, 

 or dissolve, and give in gruel. Clothe warm, and hand- 

 rub thoroughly, but gently, on account of tenderness, to 

 invite the blood outwardly. 



As pure air tends to abate the heat of the lungs, place 

 the animal where he can enjoy it, but not in a current, 

 nor where it is much colder than he has been accustomed 

 to. If it be a little cooler, supply the deficiency of heat 

 by warmer clothing. Close, hot stables are very inju- 

 rious in this case ; and the animal seeks relief by 

 placing his head in the direction of pure air, even some- 

 times inhaling it from a crack or knot-hole. 



After the sweating, give some sedative medicine, such 

 a^. are good in feve-s. Clover tea, or raspberry tea is 



