FARRIERY. 
tight girthing, and allow plenty of bedding. 
Sprinkle the stall occasionally with hot vine- 
gar, and remove the dung as soon as it falls. 
If cold fits intervene, use warmer clothing, 
and let friction, with a soft brush, be per- 
sisted in, until warmth is restored. Above 
all things keep the body open, and avoid 
every thing that frightens or irritates : if 
the horse will lay down, it will favour the 
cure. 
When a fever is symptomatic, the cause 
must first be removed ; in the meanwhile 
soothing treatment should be resorted to, 
and palliatives be principally used. In 
this we allude to diet, &c. as detailed 
in the foregoing paragraph. When the 
fever runs very high, and that bleeding can- 
not be attempted (either at first, or in re- 
petition) clysters must be frequently given, 
and rowels may be made in the breast and 
thighs. 
When the fever is equivocal, or when it is 
decidedly of a malignant species, such as the 
typhus, or epidemic, which in some coun- 
tries is by no means rare, though uncommon 
with us ; if the horse be in a robust state, 
bleed copiously ; but if emaciated, or of a 
weak frame, avoid that evacuation. Wash 
the body with warm vinegar, in which aro- 
matic herbs have been boiled ; sprinkle 
frequently with the same : remove the dung 
instantly, and change the bedding twice or 
thrice within the day. Burn nitre every 
half hour, so as to occasion a thick smoke, 
and let a piece of touch-paper be always 
smothering in a corner of the stable, which 
ought to be very cool. Keep the body 
©pen with antiseptic purges, and use little 
clothing. If a critical purging should come 
on, by no means check it; encourage every 
sore which may appear, and open rowels in 
various parts. This complaint being highly 
infectious, no other horse should be allowed 
to stand within the same area, in fact, 
horses labouring under the typhus fever, 
should be removed to some distance from 
other animals, whether horses, horned cat- 
tle, See . ; the infection being very apt to 
reach them. 
Fistula being a complaint absolutely re- 
quiring the aid of a surgeon when in ano, pe- 
rineo, Sec. we refrain from stating any thing 
on that subject. 
Fistulous withers will be found a very 
troublesome complaint ; and under the 
hands of a common farrier, will seldom be 
cured without considerable delay, and great 
risk. We advise great cleanliness, and, 
that the part should be laid open, if the si- 
tuation may admit ; or, at all events, that a 
seton should be passed through the bottom 
of the sore, whence the matter might be 
discharged. Apply light pledgets of lint, 
just to keep the parts open ; and when 
about to heal, which may be known by the 
granulations, &c. be cautious not to allow 
any pressure. If any of the dorsal spinous 
processes be tainted, exfoliation will take 
place : encourage the efforts of nature in 
that respect. Keep the body open, and let 
the diet be soft and cooling ; allow free ven- 
tilation, and approach tire animal gently. 
Sudden starts, and motions arising from 
fear, often do incalculable mischief in this 
complaint; which may be speedily removed, 
when timorously and cautiously treated. 
Founder, has usually been mistaken for a 
disease of the loins or of the chest ; but 
where its seat is forward, the fore feet will 
be found injured ; in the former case, the 
hind feet : this may be easily ascertained 
by observing whether the horse seeks relief 
from bringing the hind legs forward (as he 
stands in the stable) to support the fore 
quarters, or keeps the fore legs inclined 
considerably backwards, to support the 
hinder quarters : thus endeavouring to take 
the weight off the tender parts. When all 
the feet are affected, the horse lies down, 
aud is unwilling, or perhaps unable to rise. 
This is usually a very troublesome com- 
plaint, and requires very copious bleeding, 
and every attention to ease and rest. The 
shoes ought to be taken off, and very soft 
litter be allowed, and frequently tossed up 
with the fork, to keep it from caking. 
Bleeding at the toes rarely fails of giving great 
relief ; letting the blood flow freely. En- 
deavour, by all means, to prevent the col- 
lection of matter, as that always injures ; 
indeed, after once suppuration has taken 
place, weakness, if not rottenness, will ensue 
in almost every case. Purge well, and 
keep the feet cool by the frequent appli- 
cation of salt and water, or sugar of lead in 
water, or sal-ammoniac and vinegar. Pare 
away the crust, so as to liberate the foot 
from its usual constriction. When reco- 
vering, we would recommend to turn the 
animal out into a rich soft paddock, if the 
season permits ; or into a soft straw yard : 
the former is best, on account of the diet. 
Allow' no corn, unless where the horse is ex- 
tremely weak ; and then scalded malt, &c. 
will answer best. In very bad cases, some 
have taken up the lateral arteries ; but 
such seems to be a desperate course, and 
should never be practised where any hope 
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