SB' FEVERS. 



Improper Treatment of Fevers. 



the rack to the other ; his eyes are red arid in- 

 flamed ; his tongue is parched and dry ; his 

 flanks beat quick ; his breath is hot and offensive; 

 he nibbles his hay, and frequently hangs his head 

 down to the ground ; his pulse beats upwards of 

 iifty times in a minute; the heat of his body ap- 

 pears several degrees greater than usual, though 

 not parched, as in some inflammatory disorders. 



Fevers are often improperly treated by 

 country farriers, who frequently give one dose 

 upon another, without waiting the eflect of the 

 first ; their medicines, likewise, consisting of sim- 

 ple articles, which have no power to check the 

 progress of the disease. The internal inflamma- 

 tory fevers generally take their seat at the sto- 

 mach, from a cold, or a large distention of the 

 stomach, by a load of indigested food; caus-ing 

 the inflammation to extend into various parts of 

 the body; this obstructs the perspiration, and, if 

 not removed by some powerful medicine, will 

 presently end in a gangrene, or mortification. 



