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though inflammation is not produced by it, 

 the unequal disferibution of the blood alone will 

 occasion that derangement in the system which 

 constitutes the simple fever. The simple fe- 

 ver does not occur so frequently as the symp- 

 tomatic, nor is it by any means so formidable 

 in its appearance ; yet it is necessary to give 

 it the earliest attention, for unless nature re- 

 ceives tmielv assistance, she will be sometimes 

 unable to get rid of the load which oppresses 

 her; and the blood will accumulate in the in- 

 terior part of the. body, until inflammation in 

 some of the viscera is produced, and a dange- 

 rous disease established. The following are 

 the symptoms of simple fever: — shivering, 

 succeeded by loss of appetite, dejected ap- 

 pearance, quick pulse, hot mouth, and some 

 degree of debility : the horse is generally- 

 costive, and voids his urine with diflicnlty. 

 The disease is often accompanied with quick- 

 ness of breathing, and in a few cases with pain 

 in the bowels, or symptoms of colic. 



As soon as a horse is attacked by this dis- 

 ease, let him be bled freely ; and if costive- 

 ness be one of the symptoms, give a pint of 

 castor oil, or the oil of olives ; and let a 



