SPORTSMEN, FAKMERS, &C. 2l 



I shall now speak concerning inflamma- Sr/pevS"*' 

 tory fevers. They are not difficult to cure. 

 First, the horse's pulse should be felt, to 

 ascertain the height of the fever; a horse's Horse's p^u.. 

 pulse is to be felt by applying the palm of 

 your hand, pressing hard, just behind the ,ji r^f^i^*- ^^ 

 elbow of the left fore -leg. A horse's pulse, ^.^ ,^ /^i. 



in good health, should beat about forty or ^y^'^^^ - ^' 



forty-two pulsations in one minute. I have 

 known a horse's pulse to beat above 80 ; „ 



1 ' How to treat 



but then the fever was very violent, and the inflammarorr 

 horse must be plentifully bled; and he must 

 be bled again the second day, provided the 

 fever is not abated. To this one horse I 

 now speak of, I gave four ounces of 

 MITRE EVERY DAY ; but, in general, three 

 ounces is sufficient, unless the fever be very 

 high. As the horse will not eat corn, in 

 which the nitre may be given, you must 

 make the nitre into a ball, and give it him ; 

 and be sure to drench him plentifully with 

 water- gruel. 



When a horse is much reduced by ill- ingtoHorses^^ 



"^ after an III- 



ness, but has recovered his appetite, the "^'*' 

 best thing to nourish him, I know, is malt. 



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