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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![t 26] To the two first causes post and stage-coach horses are most exposed: they are not only likely to suffer from standing at the door of a public house, in cold stormy weather; for, ifthey e- scapefrom this, they are plunged immediately after their return, into the nearest river or pond. Many horses, it is true, suffer this without injury; but that it sometimes causes inflammation of the bowels, and other diseases, cannot I believe, be dispu- ted. When inflammation of the bowels is thus produced, it is often preceded by shivering; the horse then becomes dull, and refuses his food; the pulse is considerably more frequent than in health; the breathing also is disturbed, the flanks moving more quickly than usual; the under surface of the eyelid is red; and the animal appears very uneasy, often looking round to his flanks, as if he were pointing out the seat of his pain; the urine is high colored, and in small quantity; the dung also is of a dark color, and unnsually hard. These symptoms rapidly in- crease; he lies down, and rolls about the stall; after a short time, he rises suddenly, but soon lies down again, and rolls as before; the breathing becomes more laborious; the pulse quick and small, that it cannot be distinctly felt; violent sweats break out upon the body; but the legs and ears are cold; and some- times he becomes delirious. These symptoms are soon follow- ed by death. In some cases, the animal appears to be relieved, and is more quiet, a short time before he dies, which probably depends on mortification having taken place in the bowels. This disease is very rapid in its progress, and, unless checked at its first appearance, or soon after, generally proves fatal. Co- pious bleeding is the grand remedy, and should be carried to the same extent, as in inflammation of the lungs. The sides should be blistered, and the mustard embrocation rubbed upon the sur- face of the belly. The legs and ears should be kept warm, by rubbing them frequently, and, in the interval, wrapping them in woolen cloth. The only medicine to be given, internally, is castor oil, the dose a pint, which is to be repeated in six hours, unless the cos- tiveness is previously removed: clysters, composed of warm wa- ter and a little olive oil, are to be given, every second or third hour, until the dung becomes soft. Inflammation of the bow- els is sometimes a consequence of flatulent cholic, or gripes. The spasm of the bowels, by which this complaint is caused, is sometimes so obstinate, as to resist the most powerful remedies. The confined air, at length, so stretches the bowels, as to bring on inflammation, which soon destroys the animal. Persona un- acquainted with veterinary medicine are seldom capable ofdis- guishing between the flatulent cholic and inflammation of the](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21163728_0030.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
