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CHAP. VIII. 



Of a CONSUMPTION. 



The figns T ¥ 7 H E N a confumption proceeds 

 of a con- V V froni a defeft in a horfe's lungs, 

 fumpiion. Qj. ^j^y principal bowel, the eyes look 

 dull ; the ears and feet are moftly hot ; 

 he coughs fharply by fits ,• fneezes much, 

 and frequently groans with it; his flanks 

 have a quick motion \ he gleets often at 

 the nofe, and fometimes throws out a 

 yellowifh curdled matter; and he has 

 little appetite to hay, but will eat corn, 

 after which he generally grows hot. 



The cure. As to the cure, one of the principal 

 things is bleeding in fmall quantities (a 

 pint, or pint and half, from fome horfes 

 is fufficient) which fhould be repeated as 

 often as the breath is more than ordina- 

 rily opprefTed, Pe<Elorals may be given 

 to palliate prefent emergent fymptoms ; 

 but as diffedions have difcovered both 

 the glands of the lungs, and mefentery 

 to be fv/elled, and often indurated, the 

 whole ftrefs lies on mercurial purges, and 



the 



