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and Oats. Alfo it would be proper to indulge a Horfe in the 

 recovery of a Fever. To lead him out in hand for an hour, in 

 the warmeft part of the day, and there let him pick and nip 

 fome frefh Grafs, in a good paflure : or rather, if poffible to 

 be met with, fome green blades of Rye. , The above method 

 will cool and refrefh him much, if repeated. 



Proper FOOD to be given in FEVERS. 



Make ufe of Watergruel to drink, when dry, as often as 

 you can, and Bran, with very little Oats fcalded together for 

 mafhes, but if coftive, give Rye inftead of Oats with the Bran. 

 Give a fmall mafh of the above two or three times a-day, and 

 let him nuzzle, and pick fome fweet Wheat Straw, and no 

 other kind of food for fome days together : at the fame time 

 give Nitre Salts, difolved in all his water ; or according as fymp- 

 toms m,ay require the ufe of it. But if his appetite is quite 

 gone, he muft be indulged with fweet Milk, Iweetened with 

 brown Sugar, three or four times a-day, and give him four, 

 or five hornfuls at a time. But do not be alarmed if a Horfe is 

 without meat in a Fever for a-day or two ; fo that he fucks a 

 little Watergruel, and nips a little clean Wheat Straw. Never 

 cram nor force a Horfe to eat in the beginning of a Fever ; for 

 he feldom will take any hurt for the firft two or three days for 

 want of food ; fo as there are true precautions taken, in giving 

 his medicines, as before direfted. I have often feen Horfes full 

 in flefh, in a lingering Fever, not making the leafl figns of a 

 recovery, until they had loft much flefh, and had no appear- 

 ance to be droughty or thirfty, during their whole illnefs. — 

 Therefore I would advife the practitioner in the above cafe, 

 to make ufe of the intermitting compound Fever Balls, fee 

 page 3d. as there direcled, in all refpe6ts» 



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