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wliich is a more fovere pain and laraenefs than when it is fu- 

 perficial. Tiic iiifiaminat:o:. generally terminates in an abfcefs 

 of the heel, which burlls and leaves a deep ill-lookin^r ulcer. 

 Aithoi;gh the general fivelling of the legs fubrulcs, tlie uU-fT 

 is extremely irritable, and healed with difficulty, particularly 

 if the hone be exercifed. By applying poultices and warm 

 digeilive ointment, and by keeping tlie horl'e at rell, tlie ulcer 

 gradually heals. When ulcers of the heel do not appear 

 difpofed to heal, the aftringent ointment above-mentioned 

 ftiould be changed for the following, which is more llimu- 

 lant, and. previoully to its application, the fore fhoiild be 

 waiaed with a folution of blue vitriol. Tiie llimulating oint- 

 ment is prepared by mixing ointment of yellow rehn, 4 o/.. 

 ohve oil i o/. and red nitraied quickfilver in line powder 

 i oz. See White's Tivatife of Veterinary Medicine, vol. i. 

 If the greale be an attendant of feme other difeafe, it will 

 be in vain to attempt the cm-e before the difeafe be remov-d, 

 that is the original caufe of it ; asd therefore, if it be a 

 hectic, the yellows, or the iarcm, 5;c. the directions given 

 for thofe dileaies arc to be followed, and in the mean time 

 proper applications are to be uied outwardly for the greafe. 

 GuEA.vE, Molten, a difeaie of the inteilines, incident 

 to horfes, and generally dependent on fomc conllitutional 

 affection. Horles that have been well fed, without me.ch 

 exercife, are peculiarly fubjeit to this complaint : although 

 they appear (leek and tat, they are not lit for violent or 

 long-continued exertion, unlefs they have been brought to it 

 gradually : and therefore when they are put to work in this 

 Itate, and violently exercifed, a fever often en'.ues ; and this 

 fever commonly depends upon general inflammation or in- 

 creafed action of tiie whole arterial fvllem. In this dileafe, 

 nature makes an eflort to remove it by a violent purging ; 

 and the mucus, formed on the inner furface of the bowels tor 

 the purpjfe of lubricating and protefting theui from tiie 

 action of any acrimonious matter that n.ay hapjcn to be 

 paffing through them, being now more abundint, appears 

 fomewhat hke fat mixed wi:h the dung. When blood is 

 drawn from a horfe in this Itate, a large quantity of inflamma- 

 tory cruil, coagiilable lym;;'!, or butf-eo!oured i-l!y, appears 

 on Its furf.ice. Such is the account which Mr. White gives 

 of this dileafe, and he expljdes the account of thofe veteri- 

 njrv wTiters who reprefent molten greafe as confilbng in a 

 coIUquation or general melting of tlie fat of the body, 

 Treat part of which is abforbed, and thrown upon the blood 

 and upon the inteilines, wh;ncc it is voided with the excre- 

 ment. Nor Joes he approve of the defcription of this dileafe, 

 given by Mr. Blaine, in his Treatife on Veterinary Medi- 

 cine, wh'o confiders it to be the fame with the human dyfen- 

 tery. In the courfe of a ten years' extenfive practice, he fays 

 that he iiis never met with a fmgle cafe that refembled 

 the dvfi ntery defcribed by medical authors. " I have 

 often obferv.-d,'" fays this v.-riter, "during the progrefs of 

 fymptomatic fever, internal iniiamnv/.tion, mucus mixed with 

 the dung, wiiich had fometiuies the appearance of part of 

 eras of thofe long white worms fo often found in the horfe's 

 buwl.; at others it rellmbled a membrane. I have ob- 

 fervd the fame thing in hories apparently healthy, or after 

 the operation of very ilrong phyiic. I have alio leen many 

 ca-r.-s where there was tenefmus or coniiderable irritation in 

 the rectum ; the horfe frequently- voiding a fmall quantity of 

 dune:, and appearing in pain. But this was always a fymp- 

 tonr^r-fome more important complaint, and eaiily removed, 

 or the . it-.-a of phyiic, and very unlike dyfentcry.'' Molten 

 greafe, according to Mr. White, is not to be confidered as a 

 diltinet u.fcafc, but merely as a fymptom, fometiuies appear- 

 ing in general inflammation, but more frequently in fevers. 

 In either of thefe cafes fome o£ the internal organs are more 



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afFefted than others. When a difTiculty of breathing occurs 

 indicated by an unufually quick motion of the flanks and 

 expanlion of the noftrils, it is a fign of an affection of the 

 lungs. When molten greale appears, it <hcw5 that the mu- 

 cous membiane of the hov.els is more particularly afTeded 

 f<)metimts both thefe parts are affefted at the fam» time 



le principal remedy in this difeafe is copious bleeding, 

 according to age, nrengih, and other circiimllanccs of the 

 cafe. It IS often iiecelfary to repeat the operation of bleeding ; 

 and if the difeafe appears to be principally feated in the lungs 

 only laxatives fiiould be admiiiiilered and rowels inferted in 

 the chell and belly ; the lid- s alfo may be blillered, or the 

 muilard embrocation rubbed on the fides and belly. In mol- 

 ten greafe, or when the bowels are affected, if a copioii» 

 purging occurs, it ftiould not be fupprelTed, but encouraged, 

 by giving frequent decottions of liiifced, gum arabic diftolv- 

 cd m water, Itarch, or the powder of arrow root, and boiled 

 in water. When the dung is voided fparingly, but freqiientlv, 

 and particularly wian any knobs are mixed with it, let 'a 

 pint of callor oil be given, which may be repeated, if neccf- 

 fary, about two day.'^. In this cafe it will be propi r to rub 

 the mullard embrocation on the celly. If the difeafe ccn- 

 tinue, and efpecially if there be coniiderable irritation about 

 the anus ; the horfe frequently cjeaing a fmall quantity of 

 excrement, and appearing to be in great pain, the foUovniig 

 opiate clylter may be given, vi~,. opium i ' dram, warm 

 water 807,. mix.d, to which add about a qij^rt of ftarcli 

 water, / e. flarch boikd in water, of a proper confiftcnce for 

 a clylter. If the exhibition of a clyller feen-s rathrr to in- 

 creafe than alleviate the pain ai-d irritation, the dofe of caflor 

 oil mull be repeated, and a clyller thro.vn up only of water 

 gruel or a little oil. As the gut in this cafe is very tender 

 and initable, the clyfter pi))e fhiuild not be rough, and it 

 fliofild be introduced with caution ; it ihould therefore be 

 perfectly fir.ooth, covered with oil or lard, and not protruded 

 v.ith violence. It is probable, fays Mr. White, that a fmall, 

 ftiort tube of bone, about three times the bulk and length of 

 the pipe ufed in human fiibjetts, would be pn-ferable on this 

 occalion to that which is commcnly employed. White'* 

 Treatife of Veterinary Medicine, vol. i. 



Gke.v.se, among Hunters, denotes the fat of a boar or 

 hare. 



GREASY, in j'}-yr'uull::rf, a term provincially made ufe 

 of to imply any thing foul, whether in animals cr land. It is. 

 frequently ufed to iignify fuch tillage lands as are much 

 over-run witli grafs when in the llatc of fnlle.w. 



GKEA.sY-Z>/i;f.', or Crnchy-Ujtj, in Mining, arc firms, 

 by wliicli kind Ihale or (late clay, ct that which has agreafy 

 appearance, and works or digs eafily, is diilhiguifljed. See- 



Sli.\LlL. 



GREAT, a term of comparifon, d. noting a thing to 

 have more extenllcn than fonie olhcr to which it is rcftrred. 

 Thus we fay, a great fpace ; a great dillancc ; a gn at 

 figure, a great body, &c. See CoMi'Ar;isoN. 



Grkat is like-.viic nfcd figur.itively, in inatterj of mora- 

 lity, &c. to fignify ample, iiobl.-, elevated, crtracrdinaryj 

 important, &e. I'hus we fav, Shakfpcare was a great gt- 

 nias ; queen Eli.sahe:h had a gri-at foul ; Cri>mwcll was a 

 man of great deiigns ; Da Vmci, a g.'iat p.-iiiitet ; Galileo^ 

 a great pliilofophtr : Bofl'u, a great critic, &c. 



Gke.vt is alio a title or quality appropriated fo ccrlaii* 

 princes, and ether ilIu(5rious perninages. Thu!> we fr.v the 

 great Turk ; the great Mogul ; tiie great khan of Tartarv j 

 the great duki> of Florence, 5rc. 



Gueat is alfo a furname bellowed on (brrral fcrngs aod 

 emperors. Thus we fay, Alexander the great, Cvrusthe 

 great j. Charloo the great, or Ciiarlemagne ; Hei:ry the great 



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