66 VETERINARY 



the two first causes, are a starting of the coat or 

 hair ; an increased action of the heart and arteries ; 

 great restlefsnefs and inquietude ; great heat and 

 thirst, attended by sweating, which is succeeded: 

 by universal coldnefs ; the tongue white and dry, 

 or clammy ; lofs of appetite, &c. 



As the fever increases, the pulse becomes strong, 

 full, and quick ; and sometimes intermitting, with 

 a wildnefs of the eyes, difficulty of respiration* 

 trembling ; and, in its last stages, a copious dis- 

 charge of tears from the eyes ; the urine very high 

 coloured, an exceeding quick and obstructed pulse, 

 stupor, death. 



The progrefs of fever is much more quick in 

 the horse than in the human subject, frequently 

 destroying the patient in two or three days. 



When fever takes place from the above-men- 

 tioned causes, viz. sudden change of temperature 

 from heat to cold, or the indiscreet use of cold 

 •water, our first care must be to lower the circula- 

 tion, by taking from the patient two or three 

 quarts of blood, and by administering such medi- 

 cines as have a tendency to remove spasm, and 

 promote perspiration, without increasing the cir- 



