150 THE HOHSE AND ITS DISEASES. 



If the bowels are not open, let him have one drachm 

 of aloes in the above ball each time until they are. 



Symptomatic fever is generally occasioned by high 

 feeding, close stables, and a want of proper exercise ; 

 sometimes, however, a sudden transition from a cold to 

 a hot temperature is evidently the cause of it ; when a 

 fever is symptomatic, it is not preceded by shivering, 

 nor is it so sudden in its attack as the simple fever, but 

 when it is not subdued by an early application of 

 remedies, the symptoms gradually increase in violence, 

 until they present a very formidable appearance. 



The symptomatic fever has many symptoms, in common 

 with the simple fever, which are, loss of appetite, quick 

 pulse, dejected appearance, hot mouth, and debility j 

 and if to these are joined difficulty of breathing, and a 

 quick working of the flanks, with coldness of the legs 

 and ears, we may conclude that inflammation of the 

 lungs is the cause of the fever. 



If the horse hangs down his head in the manger, or 

 leans back upon his collar, with a strong appearance of 

 being drowsy, the eyes appearing watery and inflamed, 

 it is probable that the fever depends upon an accumula- 

 tion of blood in the vessels of the brain, and that the 

 staggers are approaching. "When the symptoms of fever 

 are joined with a yellowness of the eyes and mouth, an 

 inflammation of the liver is indicated. Should an in- 

 flammation of the bowels be the cause, the horse is 

 violently griped ; when inflammation of the bladder is 

 the cause, the horse is frequently staling, voiding only 

 very small quantities of urine, and that with considerable 

 pain. Large wounds, and particularly those of joints, 

 will also produce symptomatic fever. In all cases of 

 fever, the horse should be bled freely, and give a 

 purgative ball, composed of the following : — 



Aloes 6 drachms. 



Calomel 1 ,, 



Castile Soap 3 ,, ■", 



Made into a ball. 



