212 HEAT OF LUNGS, HOW REDUCED. [BOOK II. 



ternal heat, if not perspiration. When these ap- 

 pear, it is a sign that the desired effusion has taken 

 place, in a greater or less degree, according to the 

 quantity of perspiration. This may be assisted in 

 some degree, after the laxative and clyster have 

 well subsided, by administering a 



Sweating Ball. 



Take tartar emetic and asafcetida, of each one 



drachm. 

 Liquorice powder and syrup, enough to form 



the ball for one dose. 



Repeat the same in twelve hours, unless much 

 perspiration has supervened in the mean time, when 

 there will be no necessity for repetition. Thin 

 water-gruel will assist the expected perspiration ; 

 or, if the animal be a fleshy one, a bran mash 

 may supply its place : either must be given blood- 

 warm, and to a good amount. 



The heat of the lungs, which is the immediate 

 cause of the disorder, is visibly reduced by every 

 inspiration of fresh air the animal takes. Naturally, 

 then, this air should be fit for its purpose, or pare ; 

 at least, not the confined air of an over-filled stable, 

 replete with noxious effluvia and gaseous air : nor, 

 on the other hand, a current of air that issues by 

 doors and windows to the right and to the left, 

 particularly in cold weather, nor even in warmer 

 weather whilst the animal is yet sweating with the 

 diaphoretics just now recommended. As in most 



