THE horse-keeper's GUIDE. 305 



ed nostrils, considerable heaving of the flanks, purple Im^n 

 of the nasal membrane, redness about the eye, a fixed wide 

 position of the fore quarters ; should he attempt tc lie 

 down, a great difficulty of breathing ; countenance beto- 

 kening pain, and mouth hot and dry. 



The causes of this disease are, usually, — immoderate ex- 

 ertion, and suddenly suppressed perspiration, induced by 

 sudden changes from heat to cold, or the contrary. The 

 best method of cure is to bleed freely, from one to two gal- 

 Ions taken quickly from a large orifice, to give immediate 

 relief to the head and arteries : in six or eight hours bleed 

 again, but in less degree. If the horse faint before you 

 take the quantity of blood, pin up the orifice, and give a 

 clyster (see page 76), repeating it once or twice, if neces- 

 sary ; and if the bowels be not opened soon, give also the 

 followinsr drink : 



Epsom salts, . - . - six ounces ; 



Castor oil, .... four ounces ; 



Coarse sugar, - - - . three ounces. 



Beat up the yolk of an egg into a pint and a half of tea, then 

 well mix up the above ingredients into it, and give it milk- 

 warm. But if the bowels be not bound, then, instead of 

 the above, give the following : 



Nitre, .... half a dram ; 



Digitalis, .... one dram ; 



Emetic tartar, ... two drams : 



Made into a ball with aromatic confection. 



The horse, especially in winter, must be kept warm, not 

 by hot air, but by a body cloth and hood, and his legs 

 should also be bandaged, — hot air acts as a kind of poison, 

 on fevers or inflammations, and increases every kind of 

 inflammation ; pure, cool, dry air, will assist ; and in the 

 course of a day or two the symptoms will abate, and the 

 appetite will return. 



Farcy, — This is a disease of the absorbents — those in- 

 ternal organs, the proper action of which carry on the 

 digestive process, and promote the animal's health ; but 

 which, when impaired or diseased, produce a derangement 

 of the healthy functions, and terminate in some chronic 

 disease, or end in death. The pecubar characteristic of 

 farcy is, that it is the first symptom of a disease, which if 

 not the same as glanders, is marked in several respects aa 

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