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lation. I'ortliis purpose, we must endeavour to prevent the far-ther congestion ot the blood, and to render it more fluid. Thereis nothing more proper to prevent the farther inflammation, thanletting ot blood as soon as possible, taking away three quarts atonce ; and if there be no great alleviation of the symptoms, twoquarts tire next day, unless they continue violent, and then bleed-ing may be repeated sooner ; for speedy, large, and quickly re-peated bleedings are in these cases chiefly to be depended on.lint if the horse wei'e low before he fell ill, or were pretty old,then take away a quart at once, and repeat it in 12 hours, and thenthe next day if the case require it. This operation when vised intime, has oiten removed the disease of itself. The next tiring tobe done is, to rub the blistering ointment, No. 47, all over hisbrisket, into the foremost ribs, and when it is a pleurisy, into thepained side more particularly. llowels also will be of great ser-vice when they digest in time. Therefore he may have one in thebellv on the affected side, and one on each side the breast; butit he have a great motion of the flanks, that on the side will notcome to digestion, and then it will be best to make one on eachthigh on tire inside. The diet and medicines should be cooling,attenuating, relaxing, and diluting. After the operation of bleed-ing, therefore, Mr. Taplin directs “ to have ready some bran andvery sweet hay' cut small, and scalded together ; which place hotin the manger, that the fumes may be imbibed as an internal fo-mentation to relax the rigidity of the glands, and excite a dischargefrom the nostrils as soon as possible. The very nature of thiscase, and the danger to which the horse is exposed, sufficientlypoint out the propriety and consistency of exerting all possiblealacrity to obtain relief, or counteract the disease in its first stage:therefore let the fumigation of scalded bran and hay be repeat-ed every four or five hours, and the decoction No. 17, preparedwithout delay. If relief be not soon obtained, and the horse becostive, give the clyster, No. 21. Should the symptoms stillcontinue violent, without discovering any signs of abatement;after waiting a proper time for the effect of previous administra-tions, let the bleeding be repeated, in quantity proportioned to theurgency of symptoms, continuing the decoction and nitre every-th ree or four hours, and repeating the clyster if plentiful evacua-tions have not been obtained by the former injection.
The glanders are known by a running of matter from the nos-trils, which is either yellow, or greenish, or tinged with blood.When the disease is of a long standing, the matter turns blackish,and becomes very stinking. It is always attended with a swellingof the glands, or kernels, under the jaws. When there is a swell-ing which shews that matter is forming under the cars, jaws, orabout the root of the tongue, let every possible method be takento produce a suppuration and discharge of matter ; for, in mostcases, an external evacuation becomes the crisis, and is greatlypreferable to the chance of mischiefs that may be produced by themorbid matter being absorbed into the system. Should a cough,difficulty of breathing, or a great degree of inflammatory heat, at-tend, draw blood from a remote vein in moderate quantity, to mi-tigate either of those symptoms; and when the swellings aboutthe parts have acquired an evident prominence, foment them twicea-day, for two or thrre days, with flannels wrung out of warm wa-ter. In two or three days a judgement may be formed whether asuppuration is likely to take place. If so, the tumours will increasein size, and feel soft and yielding in the middle when pressed; inwhich case apply the poultice, and proceed as directed for theStrangles. If, on the contrary, the swellings continue hard andimmoveable, a running coming on at the nose; observe whether^be matter is of a white colour and without smell, or is of different'nges, and streaked with blood. The former is a favourable sign ;tand in that case the treatment may be as directed for Colds andCoughs . But if the matter should prove of the latter descriptionevery precaution ought to be instantly used, to prevent in its in-fancy what would soon become a ease of so much trouble. Tosoften the viscid matter in the passages, and relax the inflamma-tory stricture of the glands, prepare a vapour bath of rosemary,lavender flowers, southernwood and marjoram (eac h) a handful,boiled in two or thrre quarts of water. But this into a pail, andjet the horse’s head be fixed over it as near as can be borne, and solong as the fumes passing up the nostrils can be supposed to takeVOL. n.— no. 80.
effect as an internal fomentation. This operation should be repeat-ed twice every day ; and much of the treatment recommendedunder coughs and strangles with glandular discharges from the nos-trils, will at the same time appear proper to be observed, as beingapplicable to many of the present symptoms. Let it be particu-larly remembered, (hat, during the whole course of management,the head of the horse is to be kept as v arm as possible, ana in pro-portion much more so than the body, either in a double kerseyhood, or a single external, and a flannel one underneath; as no-thing can contribute more to a solution of the humours and promo-tion of their discharge, than a critical relaxation ol the pores, par-ticularly upon the very seal of the disease. In case (he dischargeshould continue to increase in quantity and virulence, becomingstill more discoloured, and its smell very offensive; besides con-tinuing the fumigation, let half a gill of the following injection(milk warm) be thrown up either nosu 1, or both if the mattershould be so discharged with a strong forcible syringe, three offour times a day. Linseed, an ounce ; camomile and elder tiow-wers, each half an ounce ; water, three pints. Boil for a few mi-nutes ; then strain off', and add to the liquor 4 oz, of mel A'.gyptia-cum, mixing well together at each time of using. If after everyeff ort the matter still continue malignant, there will be little hopesof recovery, and as Mr. Talpin observes, the first loss will be ulti-mately best, in a resignation of his bide to the collar-maker, andhis remains to the hounds.
Of the Strangles and Vives..
The Strangles is a disease that attacks young horses, chieflybefore six years of age ; and is somewhat analogous to the quinsey.It is a swelling under the throat between the jaw-bones, and itsprincipal seat appears to be the muscles of the tongue, whereinthere is an inflammation, and therefore it seems to differ from aquinsey in the seat of the distemper only. The symptoms andprogress of this disease are as follow : a heaviness and inactivity,loss of appetite, and a hollow husky cough, occasioned by the ir-ritability ot the inflamed glandular parts in the throat and aboutthe root of the tongue. To excite a degree of moisture in themouth that may allay this disagreeable sensation, the horse is oftenpicking his hay, but eats little or none ; a degree of symptomaticiieat comes on, and a consequent clamminess and thirst is percep-tible. As the distemper advances, he becomes proportionallylanguid and inattentive ; a swelling (with sometimes two or threesmall tumours surrounding it) is now discovered to have formed it-self between the jaw-bones, which is at first very hard, exceedinglypainful, and visibly increasing; he now swallows with difficulty,heaves in the flanks, and his whole appearance gives signs of thegreatest ’distress. With regard to tlm prognostics, when the swel-ling begins on the inside of the jaw-bone, it shews it will be along time before it grows ripe or impostluunate. When it risesbetween the jaw-bones in the middle under the tongue, it is a silpithe disease will be mild, and of no dangerous consequence ; whenthe skin that lies over the tumour is still', distended and tight, feel-ing hot and dry, a large swelling is portended, which will yield 3plentiful discharge when it breaks. When it rises to the glands,and is, as it were, divided into knots, it is a sign that the diseasewill he long and tedious, because the tumours will break in severalplaces, and at different times. When it lies at the head of thegullet or windpipe, the horse will not be able to swallow for se-veral days, till the swelling descends more to the outward parts;but when he has a purulent running at the nose, it portends greatdanger, and shews it is complicated with some other di-ease whichlies lurking in the blood ; but if it goes off' as the tumour ripens,the horse may do well. If the evacuations be regular (as theygenerally are), and the feverish symptoms moderate, let the swell-ing be examined, and its suppuration promoted. For this pur-pose (first clipping away all the long or superfluous hairs that coverot surround the part), foment with small double flannels, diot inhot water, or a strong decoction of camomile flowers and marsh-mallow leaves, or rosemary, for ten minutes, as hot as can be con-veniently submitted to; and then apply the emollient poultice,No. 52,'or the turnip poultice, No. 53. Both the fomentationand the poultice must be repeated every night and morning till anopening in the swelling is effected, which generally happens in thecourse of five or six days. Upon the appearance of discharge, theaperture may be a little enlarged with a history or the point of any5 F, sharp