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269&#93; VY.V ' hoars. But, in time of d in- i .ii Uui ' . may be 1 1 such doses the use and eft" I this ac d, under the head or Typhus, we shall couclude with observing, that have prescribed lart this powerful remedy only in two ■ of complicated bilious and nervous fevers, in w hit h it at first produced alarming symptoms, such irrhoea, vomiting, 8cc. tli it was eventually attended with success. In short, it is one of those medicines which may be safely administered by the expe- rienced hand of the practitii but which is apt to be misapplied by dabblers and empirics. Fever in horses, a disorder to which these creatures are subject. from various causes. The symp- toms are : great restlessness 3 the animal's flanks beat ; his eyes are red and inflamed ; his breath is hot, and smells strong ; his appe- tite is lost ; he dungs little, but frequently { his urine is of a very high colour, is discharged seldom, and with great difficulty ; he ap- pears to be thirst}', yet drinks lit- tle, though frequently ; and his pulse is uncommonly high. The first remedy to be applied is bleeding, when two or three quarts of blood may be taken from the animal, if it be large, strong, and in good condition. A pint of die following drink is then to be given four times in the course of the day : Take of baum, sage, and chamomile flowers, each a hand- ful ; of sliced liquorice-root an ounce, nitre, 3 ounces : the whole is to be infused in 2 quarts of boil- frig water, and, as soon as it is cold, FE V [269 it is to he strained, the juice of 2 or and i ibove di- honey, maybe ;iyehjn the . . is a day, and * ish 1 down with any small The animal's diet ought to con- dded bran, allowed in small quantities ; or, if he refuse. this, a litdc dry bran sprinkled . water may be substituted. It will also be necessary to put some picked hay into the rack, as. horses will frequently eat it, when they relish no other food : their .' should be scarcely luke- warm, and given them frequently, but in small quantifies. Their clothing ought to be moderate, for too much weight on a horse is. highly improper in fevers. W, in the course of two days after this treatment, the animal's appetite begin to return, and he eat a little bran or hay, careful nursing will be sufficient to com- plete the cure ■, but, if he continue to loathe his food, it will be ne- cessary to take away more blood, and to repeat the drenches. — The following clyster, consisting of 2 quarts of water gruel, fat broth, pot-liquor, a handful of common salt, 4 ounces of treacle, and a pint of linseed-oil, should be ad- ministered every day, while his excrements continue dry or knotty. Such clysters are more proper than those consisting of marsh-mallows, chamomile flowers, fennel-seed, and other purging ingredients. An opening drink prepared of 4 ounces of Glauber's salts, or cream of tartar, and an equal quantity of lenitive electuary, dis- solved in barley-water, cr anjr other