'JO COMPExVDIUM OF THE VETERINARY ART. 



case it is sometimes gentnd, die whole arterial 

 system having its action increased : this also 

 may be considered as an effort of nature to oet 

 rid of the superfluous blood, and in such cases 

 she nmst be assisted by copious bleeding. It 

 more commonly happens, ho\ve\er, that the 

 redundant blood is determined to some par- 

 , ticular part, occasioning local indammation ; 

 very frequently falling upon some of the in- 

 ternal organs, and the lungs are peculiarly 

 liable to suffer; from this source, indeed, their 

 most dangerous fevers arise. The eyes also 

 are very apt to suffer when a horse becomes 

 plethoric, to which cause, I believe, almost all 

 the diseases of that delicate organ may be 

 attributed. 



In the treatment of external uiflammation, 

 we should endeayour to bring it to the most 

 favourable termination, that is, resolution ; 

 unless when it arises from an effort of nature 

 to cure^ some internal disease; — it is then 

 desirable to bring it speedily to suppuration. 

 The remedies to be employed for resolving 

 inflammation are, local or general bleedhig, 

 (see Index, Bleeding) purgatives, fomentations, 

 poultices, or the saturnine lotion, made warm; 



