A treatise on the strangles and fevers of horses : with a plate, representing a horse in the staggers, slung / by Thomas Prosser.

  • Prosser, Thomas, active 1790
Date:
1790
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Credit: A treatise on the strangles and fevers of horses : with a plate, representing a horse in the staggers, slung / by Thomas Prosser. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Glasgow Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Glasgow Library.

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    too 'early in opening the fwelling, but ra- ther t6 wait its breaking of itfelf, and which indeed we think is a pra£lice now approved of by furgeons; and thus the fuppuration of the fwellings, and difcharge of the matter being more com pleat, a re- maining induration and enlargement of the glands will be prevented, which would be a blemifh, if not an injury to the fervice of the horfe. But if a large tumour foon appears, the difeafe will be eafily conquered, and a lafting cure may be'expe6led.T—The cure will certainly be lading, for the diforder never happens a fecond time. But to begin the cure, thefe gentlemen think it proper to apply an emollient poultice, twice a-day, fpread upon fome coarfe cloth, and fewed tight about the fwelling with a packing-needle and twine; bleeding and purging are to be on]itted till the matter is all drawn away by