LOCAL INFLAMMATION’. 
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much exhaustion prevails, tonics should be given. The 
mildest should first be administered, and this is camomile, 
in doses of from one to two drachms. Afterwards— 
Camomile . . .2 drachms, 
Ginger . . .2 drachms, 
Gentian . . .2 grains. 
Should the animal continue to improve, his diet may be 
extended, and probably in three or four days he may have a 
small quantity of corn, which may be increased as his 
strength is restored. 
A cool and clean stable are the best means for preventing 
predisposition to diseases of the lungs, both of which should 
be scrupulously attended to. The heated air of a stable, 
and the poisonous gas arising from the dung, prove most 
injurious to the horse. 
LOCAL INFLAMMATION. 
Symptoms. —The symptoms of local inflammation are red¬ 
ness of the parts, heat, pain, and swelling. 
Causes. —The redness is induced by the increased flow of 
blood through the vessels of the part affected, in conse¬ 
quence of an increased action of the blood-vessels. The 
heat arises from the change gradually taking place in the 
flow of blood, passing from the arterial to the venous con¬ 
dition. So that if more blood be propelled through the 
capillaries, more heat will consequently be produced in 
that situation. Swelling is induced by the same means as 
the redness, namely, from a fluid being deposited in the 
contiguous substance; and pain must be the effect of dis¬ 
tention and pressure produced, and the consequent disarrange¬ 
ment of the nerves of the parts affected. 
Remedies. —Inflammation of every kind is caused by an 
increased flow of blood through the vessels of the part 
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