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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY, 
Cooling medicines must now be resorted to, and the fol¬ 
lowing doses may be given until an intermediate state of the 
pulse is induced :— 
Nitre . . . 3 drachms, 
Emetic tartar . . 1-Jr drachm, 
Digitalis ... 1 drachm. 
This medicine is persisted in until the horse hangs his head 
and becomes half stupid, with a flow of saliva from his mouth. 
In less than twenty-four hours after this condition has been 
effected the disease will be found to have completely subsided. 
It is a great mistake to suppose that in this complaint 
the stable should be kept very close and warm; for the 
very cause which in a great measure operated in remotely 
inducing the disorder is again brought into play. Rather 
let warm clothing be put upon the horse, which will have a 
tendency to keep up insensible perspiration. 
After this the horse should be well rubbed down, and his 
legs in particular should have a smart application of the 
brush, in order to restore heat and an increase in the circula¬ 
tion, and then thickly rolled up with flannel to keep up 
the action. The rubbing should be repeated from time to 
time. The less he eats at a time the better. Corn must 
on no account be given. Green food and cold mashes may 
be set before him in small quantities. 
If the oppression in the breathing now subside, heat be 
restored to the limbs, and the animal lie down, these are 
sure indications of the symptoms having abated. The 
strength and appetite will now gradually be restored. But 
much caution should be exercised in not allowing the 
animal to take too much food, which might have the effect 
of inducing a return of the malady : green meat, or, if that 
cannot be had, a gruel of oatmeal, cold mashes, and a little 
hay should form his diet. But to restore strength where 
