A complete system of farriery, and veterinary medicine : containi[n]g a compendium of the veterinary art, or an accurate description of the diseases of horses, and their mode of treatment; the anatomy and physiology of the foot, and the principles and practice of shoeing. With observations on stable management, feeding, exercise, and condition / by James White ... newly arranged by the publishers, in which are introduced the late and important treatises upon the glanders, farcy, staggers, inflammation of the lungs and bowels, the prevention and treatment of lameness, and precautions to be observed in purchasing horses. By the same author. Illustrated by eighteen elegant plates.
- White, James, -1825
- Date:
- 1832
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Credit: A complete system of farriery, and veterinary medicine : containi[n]g a compendium of the veterinary art, or an accurate description of the diseases of horses, and their mode of treatment; the anatomy and physiology of the foot, and the principles and practice of shoeing. With observations on stable management, feeding, exercise, and condition / by James White ... newly arranged by the publishers, in which are introduced the late and important treatises upon the glanders, farcy, staggers, inflammation of the lungs and bowels, the prevention and treatment of lameness, and precautions to be observed in purchasing horses. By the same author. Illustrated by eighteen elegant plates. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[24] feed, grass or bran mashes will be most proper for him. He must be brought to his usual diet very gradually. There is a disease, which is generally considered as inflam- mation of the lungs, and prevails most commonly in the spring of the year, particularly among young horses. It differs, how- ever, in some respects, from that disease; and, if improperly treated, often terminates fatally. On opening the bodies of such horses, the lungs will be foand to have suffered much from inflammation, and there will be a large quantity of yellow fluid in the chest. It may be inferred from these appearances, that the same copious bleeding we have just described, would be necessary in these cases also. Experience, however, has taught me, that, though bleeding is highly necessary at the com- mencement of the disorder; yet when it is repeated with free- dom, after considerable debility has taken place, and this very soon happens,death is commonly the consequence. I would distinguish this disease by the name of catarrhal inflammation of the lungs; for, though these organs are always found highly diseased in horses, that die of this disorder, it is. probable, that the parts principally affected, are the membrane line, the windpipe and throat: this is often relieved by a copious discharge of mucus, resembling matter, which is discharged through the nostrils; but by improper treatment, and, in some cases, under the best management, the inflammation gradually spreads to the lungs and proves fatal. This catarrhal inflammation of the lungs, differs from that we have before described, in being accompanied with a weak cough, and a tendency to discharge from the nose. The pulse, at the commencement of the disease, is not very quick; some- times not more frequent than in health; but it is generally weak, and not readily felt. The eyes often appear dull; and in some cases the throat is sore, so as to cause difficulty in swollowing. Bleeding is generally proper at the commencement of this dis- order; but if, after the operation, the pulse is found to be quicker and more feeble; and particularly if, when the horse is taken out of the stable, he appears very weak, which is easily perceiv- ed by his manner of walking, appearing to ramble in his hind parts, and moving his legs slowly and languidly: under such circumstances, it is probable, that the bleeding was improper, and that, by repeating it, the disease would terminate fatally. That epidemic disease, which has at times raged among horses, and is commonly called the distemper, very nearly re- sembles that which we are now describing, and was generally cured by the treatment I am about to recommend for this disor- der. The only criterion by which we determine whether bleed- ing is necessary or not, and to what extent it may be carried](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21163728_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
