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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    [36] by these means he will soon be restored to health. Should a cold be attended with a considerable degree of fever, or should the appetite go off, and the flanks work quicker than usual, it is necessary to make some alteration in the treatment. (See Fe- ver and Inflammation of the Lungs.) It is necessary to ob- serve, before I conclude this subject, that the strangles on their first attack, are sometimes mistaken for a cold. This may be productive of mischief, since bleeding is generally improper in that complaint: if, therefore, a cold be accompanied with a swelling of the glands under the jaw—if they feel hot and be painful, and particularly if the horse be young—we may con- clude that the strangles are approaching, and treat it accord- ingly. Should the cough remain after the other symptoms are^one off, give the laxative again; and if necessary, repeat it after a short interval. If the cough continue after this, let the follow- ing ball be given every morning for a weak. THE BALL. Powdered squills, 1 dr Gum ammoniac, 3 dr. Opium, I- dr. Sirup enough to form a ball. Chronic Cough * We have already noticed this complaint as one of the symp- toms of a cold, but did not at that time, give any particular di- rection for its treatment, because it generally ceases as soon as its cause (the cold) is removed. It sometimes happens, however, that the cough continues, although every other symptom is gone off. This complaint, which, from its long continuance, is distinguished by the term chronic, may be readily accounted for, when it is recollected that what is called a cold, consists in an inflammation of the membrane, which lines the nose and throat; and that this membrane, also, forms the internal surface of the windpipe and its branches. When the cold, therefore, has been violent and improperly treated, the inflammation is liable to extend to the windpipe, or even to its branches, causing an ef- fusion of coagulable lymph from the membrane, which proves a constant source of irritation. It is probable also that the inflammation may sometimes render the membrane so very irri- table, or so alter its secretion, as to keep up a constant irritation * See Cotigh in the Appendix.