CHAP. I.] BLEEDING — HAND-RUBBING. 215 



stinct, knowing whence the readiest natural relief 

 from his sufferings was to be found. In one case, 

 of an aperture being made into an adjoining shed, 

 the patient, a good working horse, was frequently 

 discovered inhaling the little air which was to be 

 drawn thence, though the orifice was no other than 

 a displaced knot of the wood partition. 



In general, the disease bends before the reme- 

 dies prescribed; the hand-rubbing must be con- 

 tinued, particularly of the legs, which in the worst 

 period of the disease are uncommonly fine, but 

 should it last him some time they swell, and in 

 either case prove they are the barometer of the 

 disorder, as well as the necessity of rubbing them. 

 On the other hand, should the pulsation increase 

 after bleeding, and no favourable symptoms appear 

 (as indeed they cannot then be expected), this 

 necessary operation must be repeated to the same 

 amount as at first, or up to a state of tottering, as 

 recommended before, at page 184 : this necessity 

 will occur but seldom, and that always with patients 

 in previously high condition. Therefore no danger 

 can be apprehended from this copious discharge; 

 for, at the end of twelve hours, or less, which is 

 the period at which we should a second time resort 

 to the flaim, the blood would have returned to its 

 former courses in every respect : the continuance 

 of fever, up to the same original height of the pulse, 

 shows that the particular animal then under treat- 

 ment, possessed an uncommon quantity of blood, 

 and, therefore, that an unusual quantity should be 



