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antagonist, and as it were to dismember its un- 

 governable body. The eyes are contorted in 

 their sockets, and they are blind except by acci- 

 dent, and nodiing but the white appears. 



The method 1 have found of uncommon effi- 

 cacy, is this. Immediately take a pound and 

 half of blood from the jugular ; then place your 

 horse in a warm stable, and prepare to sweat him. 

 Take a large pot, and fill it with May- weed and 

 tansy ; when boiled place it under the horse's 

 belly, and cover him with a large coverlet, to 

 keep the steam of the bath ctonfincd to the body, 

 A little previous to the bath, give him fifteen or 

 eighteen grains of opium in half a pint of wine. 

 Now take special care that the cold be not re- 

 peated ; let him wear his covering a day or two, 

 and carry him his water moderately warm. This 

 method has proved salutary many times, and 

 aeems to have its reason in the nature of things. 



Having attended briefly to the more gener- 

 al' distempers, I shall call ray readers' attention 

 to the more partial or local inconveniences, to 

 "which horses are subject. As I purpose brevity, 

 I shall not enter into theoretical, or physical dis- 

 putations on the subject, but strive to discover 

 simple truth in a simple manner. 



FISTULA. 



Th£ fistula is an ulcer of the callous kind, 

 mid from its well known fatality to horses, is gen- 

 erally supposed incurable. I confess there are 

 fe\V diseases more stubborn, yet must remsit'k, 

 that neglect of means, or wrong applications have 

 in ten instances to one, been the cause of my ill 

 success. Its seat in* horses is between the sadder 

 s(Wd colhr ; which are commonly the source from 



