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man species. But where thirty or forty are kept 

 together in a close stable, where the air has no ac- 

 cess but by the door, together with the sharp ex. 

 Jialations from the urine, perspiration of their bo- 

 dies, &c. it renders the situation disagreeable, 

 and almost intolerable. A horse in health, to re- 

 main long in such a place, would soon be ener- 

 vated and unfit for business. Stables should be 

 situated where the air may have a draught through 

 them ; and in every horse's apartment a small 

 window should be placed, and left open through 

 tlie night, and not sh«t up to sulTocate its inhab- 

 itants, as too frequently is the case in sea-port 

 towns. 



I shall now discourse upon the principal gene- 

 ral disorders, to which horses are incident ; next 

 of local diseases, which will be connected with 

 those of surgery. 



GLANDERS OR HORSE AIL. 



This disease is justly called the glanders, be- 

 ing principally an affection of the glands of the 

 head ; but from its frequent appearance, it is vul- 

 garly called the horse ail. 



You will perceive this disease by the sadness 

 of the horse's countenance, loss of appetite, diffi- 

 culty in drinking, and suddendebility of strength. 

 Frequently the glands under the jaws are swell- 

 ed aixl in an advanced stage of the disease, there 

 will be a continual discharge of thin ichorous 

 matter from the nose. 



The remedies are these. Let blood freely in 

 the mouth, or by perforating the nose wdth a 

 sharp awl ; put him under a course of physic, by 

 giving him brimstone, antimony and turmerick 

 in succession for two weeks. Let a dose be riv- 



