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horse will be seen to range from one end of his rack to 

 the other, his flanks work more than in health, the eyes 

 look red, his breath is hot and smells; he drops his hay 

 after chewing. But there is no pawing, and generally 

 no cough, nor looking around to the sides. The pulse is 

 quicker than usual, by counting which the degree of fe- 

 ver may be determined. In cases of pure fever he some- 

 times has a shivering fit which returns at nearly the same 

 hour every day, and lasts for several days, or until local 

 inflammation appears, or the fever subsides; his urine is 

 very red, and he stales with difficulty, the excrement 

 being small and often slimy, as in inflammation and can- 

 ker of the bowels, attending fever; one leg being hot 

 and the others cold, or one being cold and the others hot, 

 indicate a degree of fever. 



Cwe. — In the early stages of fever give the following 

 drinks as directed for colds, viz: the hot drops, or cay- 

 enne pepper tea; this drives out the cold by increasing 

 the inward heat. Give diuretics to promote the urine, 

 and diaphoretics to create perspiration, for these are the 

 two principal outlets by which relief is to be obtained; 

 and when not relieved in this manner, bleed freely for 

 fear of its running into inflammation; after this, give 

 frequent drinks of tea made by steeping the tops of the 

 common spearmint, or of bee balm, adding a little cam- 

 phoretted spirits. 



