F A R R I E R Y. 
and inconvenience arifing-from-the fudden attack of this 
malady at a more adult age, and in fevere feafons of the 
year, and fo countei:a£t fever, in which the principal dan¬ 
ger lie?. The mode is, to introduce lint wetted with the 
infedtious matter, into'an incifion .made on the infide ot 
tlie upper lip, leaving it there until it i-s difeharged by (up- 
puration or accident. No previous preparation is necef- 
fary, if the operation be performed at the time which Mr. 
Ford judges mold advifeable,—at the age of a month or 
fix weeks, while the foal fucks its dam.” 
Catarrh or Cold. —It were fnperfluous to give a par¬ 
ticular ejefeription of this complaint, (luce it is fo well 
known, and its appearances fo generally underflood, that 
fcarcely any otic can be at a 1 oIs to diftinguifh it from 
other difeafes. -It confifls,in an inflammation of the mu¬ 
cous membrane which lines the internal part of the node, 
throat, &c. attended vvirh a (light degree of fever ; hence 
arife the cough and difeharge front the tioflrils, which are 
the principal fymptoms of catarrh. On the tirft atmekof 
this complaint, bleeding will generally be found an effec¬ 
tual remedy, but. if it be negledited until a contiderable 
difeharge lias taken place from the tioflrils, it feldoin 
proves beneficial. A dofe of fever-powder fliould be- 
given every 'morning and evening, until the fymptoms 
abate, or a contiderable diuretic effect is produced, and 
then every fecond or third day only. 
A (Vyelling frequently takes place in the kernels or pa¬ 
rotid glands,, fituated immediately beneath the ear. Should 
no unufual heat cr tendernefs be obferved in thofe glands, 
apply the ftimulating ointment recommended for ftrangles; 
hut if they feel hot, are painful, and appear to be in a flate 
of aiflive inflammation, a poultice is the preferable re¬ 
medy. If tl e eyes are inflamed and watery, a rowel 
fliould be inferted under the jaw, and if the inflammation 
in the throat is fo contiderable as to render fwallovviiig 
painful and difficult, a blitter will afford great relief. Hot 
bran maflies (hould be given frequently, which will not 
only ferve to keep the bowels open, but will ait: as a fo¬ 
mentation to the inflamed membranes, tince the horfe will 
be conftantly inhaling the warm gas which efcapes from 
them. The head and cliefl, as well as the body, fliould 
be well clothed, the legs frequently rubbed, and a com¬ 
fortable bed allowed. Should the cough continue after 
the other fymptoms are gone off, give the following ball 
every morning, until moderate purging is induced : Bar- 
badoes aloes, one dram and an half; Caftile foap and tar- 
tarifed antimony, of each, two drams; made into a ball 
with fyrup.—Should the purging afterwards prove obfti- 
nate, and dill continue, give the following every morning 
for a week or more : powdered (quills, one drain ; gum 
ammoniac, three drams ; opium, half a dram; with fyrup 
to form the ball. 
Chronic Cough. —This very common complaint, 
which, from its frequent long continuance, is diflinguifhed 
by the term chronic , may be readily accounted for, when 
it is recollected tlt.it what is called a cold, confifls in an 
inflammation of the membrane which lines the no-fe and 
throat ; and that this membrane alfo forms the internal 
ftirface of the trachea and its branches. When the cold, 
therefore, has been violent and improperly treated, the 
inflammation is liable to extend to the wind-pipe and its 
branches upon the lungs, caufing an effufion of coagula- 
ble lymph from the membrane, which proves a conflant 
fource of irritation. It is probable alio that the inflam¬ 
mation may fometimes render the membrane fo very irri¬ 
table, or fo alter its fecretion, as to keep up a conflant 
irritation and cough, without any effufion having taken 
place. When a conliderable quantity of coagulable lymph 
has been eft’uted, it obftrutts the paffage of the air in re- 
fpiration in fome degree, caufing that fonorous kind of 
breathing which is termed thicknej's of mind, or roaring. A 
blifler applied to the throat has fometimes been found 
tifeful in the chronic cough. The following alterative 
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ball given every morning, aflifled by proper attention to 
exeicife and diet, will generally effect a cure : Succotrine 
aloes, one dram to two drams ; Caftile foap, two drams; 
tartaiifed antimony, two drams; with fyrup to form the 
ball for one dofe. 
Should the difeafe not fu.bmit to this remedy, try the 
following : Gum ammoniacum, three drams ; powdered 
(quill and opium, of each, onedram ; camphor, one drain ; 
with fyrup to form the ball for. one dofe. Let this be 
given every morning, for five or fix days. A (table pro¬ 
perly ventilated (hould be chofe'n, and the vapours of 
foul litter carefully avoided. 
Locked Jaw. —This difeafe, very fortunately, occurs 
blit feldom, and in general terminates fatally. It begins 
with a difficulty in mafticating the food; and at length the 
jaws become fo completely and immoveably clofed, that 
neither medicines nor food can be forced into the ftomach. 
The ruufcles of the neck are generally in a flate of rigid 
contraction, and the animal appears to fuftVr great pain: 
it is often brought on by trifling caufes, Inch as wounds 
of vile foot, inflammation of the tail from docking or nick¬ 
ing, and fometimes it occurs without any apparent caufe. 
Various remedies have been tried in this complaint, but 
no effectual mode of treatment feems yet to have been 
difeovered ; immerfion in cold water, or fnovv, is faid to 
produce a temporary relaxation of thofe tnufcles by which 
the jaws are clofed. Opium and camphor have been 
ftrongly recommended ; and are laid,-in fome few cafes, to 
have fticceeded. In America and the Weft-India iflands, 
w here the difeafe is much more frequent than in England, 
flrong ftimulants have been found effectual ; it would be 
advifeable therefore to try the fame plan in horfes, (lion 1 d 
opium and camphor fail. The beft ftimulants for this 
purpofe are fpirits of hartfhorn, alcohol, ether, opium, 
and brandy. 
Lamfas. —When the bars or roof of the horfe’s nfouth, 
near the front teeth, become level with, or higher than, 
the teeth, he is faid to have the la in pas ; and'tliis is fup- 
pofed to prevent his feeding. Farriers are apt to burn 
down this fwollen part with a red-hot iron, made for the 
purpofe ; yet the difeafe appears to be quite imaginary, 
arifing perhaps only front a redundant growth of the pa¬ 
late in young horfes, which afterwards fubfides, or from 
a temporary cold and fwelling of the part. 
Roaring. —This difeafe takes its name from a pecu¬ 
liarly unpleafing found in refpiration, particularly when 
the horfe is put into a brilk trot or gallop. It feems to 
arife from coagulable lymph that has been eft'ufed in the 
windpipeor its branches, which becoming folid, obftru&s, 
in a greater or let's degree, the paffage of the air. As a 
remedy for this complaint, bliftering the whole length of 
the trachea has been recommended ; it appears, however, 
to be rather a defect in the aftion of the epiglottis, which 
admits not of a cure ; and therefore all fueh horfes thould 
be configned to the gentle yet advantageous purpofes of 
liufbandry. 
Broken Wind. —Thiscomplaint, fays Mr. Feron, pro¬ 
ceeds from ruptured lungs, and does not exift in any other 
animal but the horle, at leafl not in the common qua- 
dtuped; not even in atfes, which have occationally almoft 
all the other difeafes of the horfe. The general and com¬ 
mon caufe of broken w ind is an over diftention of the fto- 
mach, with hard and violent exertion at the fame time. 
The horle, being an animal which is always eating, will 
when hungry eat very voraciotifly, if he has the oppor¬ 
tunity, and foon till his ftomach ; and if, in this flate, he 
is exercifed violently, the circulation will be increafed, 
and fo will the refpiration ; but the lungs cannot expand 
fufficiently, becauie the diaphram cannot defeend, as the 
ftomach will not allow it. In this cafe, the circulation 
being hurried, the lungs do not undergo the neceffary 
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