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fever or inflammation. (See Bleeding.) The 

 appetite, though cliiniDished, is not quite 

 gone ; the inner surface of the eyeUd is sel- 

 dom uii usually red, often less so than iu health ; 

 and the horse does not appear to be in pain. 

 Though bleeding in such cases is extremely 

 injurious, a mild laxative is useful, unless the 

 dung be softer and in greater quantity than 

 natural ; and if tnere be a deficiency of urine, 

 or any difticulty in voiding it, a diuretic, 

 composed of camphor and nitre, should be 

 given. This symptom, hovv ever, seldom occurs 

 in these cases. After the laxative, tonics, 

 with a nutritious diet and good grooming or 

 nursing, generally restore the animal in a 

 short time to health. This disease is some- 

 times mistaken for fever, and treated impro- 

 perly. They are cases of this kind, however, that 

 farriers so frequently cure under the name of 

 fever by medicines of the cordial or tonic 

 kind. 



1 never saw any kind of feve)\ in which 

 bleedino; and crenerallv laxatives were not 

 manifestly useful, if employed judiciously at 

 an early period ; that is, if the quantity of 

 blood drawn, and the strength of the lax- 

 ative, were properly adapted to the strength 



