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FEVER. 
By Mr. John Youngiiusband, V.S., Greystoke, Cumberland. 
The subject of this paper is a beautful unbroke-in four-year- 
old grey horse, which had never before had a collar put over his 
head, but had been constantly kept out grazing upon good land, 
with an open shed to run into occasionally. He was purchased 
by a friend of mine, valued at thirty-five guineas, and subse¬ 
quently sold to an acquaintance of his, desirous to become his 
purchaser. 
January 20 th .—He was taken up from grass, and put into a 
moderately warm stable, where he had little exercise, with a 
dietary according. On the evening of the 23d, going to give 
him his evening allowance, he perceived the horse to be rather 
dull; hanging down his head, and shivering. Having another 
stable nearer his own dwelling, to be more under his immediate 
eye, he had him removed there. This place was much more 
close and warm than the one from which he had been taken, and, 
besides, contained other horses. After being in this last place a 
short time, he began to shew symptoms of more active disease, 
and, being a valuable animal, my friend lost no time in com¬ 
municating with me, and requiring my advice. But as his re¬ 
sidence was a few miles from mine, and as I was engaged at the 
time, it was a few hours before T could see my patient. When 
I did, I may say, I found the horse in as high a state of fever— 
pure fever I called it—as ever it has been my lot to witness. 
The Syinptoms were—a small quick pulse; breathing much 
accelerated, as was seen by the quick motion of the flanks, ex¬ 
panded nostrils, &c.; shivering; visible mucous membranes 
highly injected; ears and legs cold ; dung hard, and passed in 
small knobs, and covered with mucus. From the foregoing 
symptoms, I deemed it requisite to subtract a large quantity of 
blood; believing that, if the lungs were not already implicated 
in the complaint, they most likely, under existing circumstances, 
very soon would become so. Now, from the particular state of 
the pulse, I kept a guarded watch over it while the blood was 
flowing; but, ere five pints were drawn, the horse shewed 
symptoms of syncope, and but for timely assistance would ha"e 
fallen backwards/ After pinning up the orifice, he was ofleied 
a little warm water, of which he partook very sparingly, and 
then he appeared to be easier. In the mean time he had a fever 
ball. Well, just as we were congratulating ourselves upon his 
recovery, all of a sudden the horse shewed symptoms of severe 
colicky pains : lying down, and as suddenly rising again; stamp- 
