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exposed to the cold air ; removing him from a hot stable to a cold 

 one : (if the horse has been high-fed, and clothed, the cold contracted 

 in this manner often proves very violent ; and this is the reason why- 

 horses often catch a severe cold on their first coming out of the dealer's 

 hands :) neglecting to rub^him properly down, and to rub the sweat 

 carefully off when he comes in from a journey : — and I have 

 known grievous disorders brought on by removing horses into a 

 new stable before the walls and plastering were dry. Workmen are 

 often in fault for not leaving air-holes above; as when a horse comes 

 into a new stable, and gathers heat, it will cause the walls and plas- 

 tering to sweat very much, especially if there are no air-holes left. 

 Many a horse has lost his eyes, and some their lives, by being put into 

 new stables before they were dry. 



Many farmers and tradesmen get too much drink when they go to 

 market, and then set off for home, riding like madmen, and call at 

 some public house on the road to get more of the soul and body de- 

 stroying evil, leaving their horses to stand sweating at the door, where 

 it is no wonder that they get cold. Waggoners, carters, and coal- 

 carriers, are also often guilty of this abominable practice. 



Symptoms. — When a horse has caught cold, a cough will follow, 

 and he will be heavy and dull in proportion to the severity of the 

 disease: his eyes will be watery; the kernels about his ears, and 

 under his jaws, will swell, and a thin mucous gleet will run from his 

 nose. If the cold be violent, the horse will be feverish ; his flanks 

 will heave, and he will refuse his food. The owners should be very 

 careful to observe these last symptoms, because when they appear, and 

 are attended with a slimy mouth, cold ears and feet, moist eyes, and a 

 great inward soreness, there is danger of a fever, and generally of a 

 malignant kind. But when the horse coughs strongly, and snorts 

 after it, eats scalded bran, and drinks warm water, is not much off his 

 stomach, moves briskly in his stall, dungs and stales freely, and with- 

 out pain, his skin feels kindly, and his coat does not stare, there is no 

 danger, nor any occasion for medicine. You should, however, bleed 

 him, keep him warm, give him some feeds of scalded bran, and let 

 him drink warm water. 



The Cure. — If the horse_ feel hot, and refuse his meat, it will be 

 necessary to bleed him plentifully, and to give the following drink: — 



2 oz. of Juice of Liquorice. 



2 do. Salt of Tartar. | 



2 drams of Saffron. 



2 ounces of Honey. 



Cut the juice small, dissolve all together in hot water, and give it 

 nearly cold. This drink may be repeated as occasion requires, but let 

 twenty-four hours elapse first. Or give — 



4 oz. of Aniseeds. 

 2 do. Liquorice Root. 

 1 do. Gum Scammony. 

 1 do. Nitre. 



Boil these together in three pints of water for ten or twelve minutes ; 



