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ter backward from the upper comer of the eye ; 

 or in the inside of the leg, just above the knee. 

 But you may be l^etter satisfied, by putting your 

 hands to the horse's nostrils, and judging fron 

 the heat of his breath. 



Cure. — In the beginning of a fever, it is 

 generally necessary to let blood, but in an advan- 

 ced state, when the heat is great, and the dis- 

 charge from the bowels diminished, or the dung 

 hard and dry, glysters are also necessary. 

 For a glister or clyster. 



Take one handful of mallows, boil in milk and 

 water, also two spoonfuls of flax-seed; and add 

 to it, when boiled, half a pound of sugar, and as 

 much sweet oil, with a handful of salt ; then with 

 the necessary apparatus, put it up the horse's 

 bodv. 



You must also observe, a cooling regimen. 

 Take a four pail pot and hang over your fire, 

 full of water, and clover or honey-suckle hay ; 

 make a tea of it. When your horse is thirsty, 

 let him drink it luke warm. Then take a quart 

 of this liquor and dissolve in it one ounce of ni- 

 tre, to be given morning and evening, till the 

 fever abates. Let his hay, if he will eat, be 

 sprinkled with warm water^ and his provender 

 soaked. 



CRAMP OR DRAWING OF THE 



NERVES. 

 This is a disease I have never read of, but 

 have had many instances of it in my practice. 

 The almost only cause, is taking cold after hard 

 labour and sweating. The excresions being sud- 

 denly diminished, brings on these spasmodic and 

 convulsive symptoms. Upon the least motion, 

 every nerve seems contracted, to overthrow it$ 



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