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means of woollen cloths steeped therein. A horse 

 rug may be used to advantage in this way by two 

 men, one standing on each side the horse and 

 fomenting the belly by bringing it nearly together 

 across the back, and supplying it with warm water. 

 After half an hour's application, or more, let the 

 coat be well rubbed with dry cloths, and the animal 

 wrapped in body clothing. The clystering, and 

 other remedies recommended in cases of inflamma- 

 tion, should then be employed with assiduity. 

 Lastly, employ the tonic system recommended, ge- 

 nerally, in all inflammatory cases, at page 200. 



DISEASES OF THE LIVER. 



1. INFLAMMATION. 

 2, THE YELLOWS, OR JAUNDICE. 



When we consider the vast active functions the 

 liver has to perform, in cleansing the blood which 

 takes its passage through it, and the secretion of 

 bile, that becomes more obnoxious as this organ is 

 more diseased, we ought to feel surprise that so 

 large an animal as the horse has so few ailments 

 springing out of that source, rather than lament the 

 frequent existence of this one. For, the two names 

 set down at the head of this article, agreeable to 

 the general practice, have only one origin, viz. in- 

 flammation ; but differing as to the amount of heat, 

 and situation of the evil, which is scarcely distin- 

 guishable until after death. The symptoms of both 

 are the same, and the first attack ever becomes the 



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