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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    [37 ] and cough, without any effusion having taken place. When a considerable quantity of coagulable lymph has been effused, it obstructs the passage of the air in respiration in some degree, causing that sonorious kind of breathing which is termed thick- ness of wind, or roaring. A blister to the throat has some- times been found useful in the chronic cough. One of the following alterative balls is to be given every morning until moderate purging is produced; and this, if assisted by proper attention to exercise, diet*, and grooming, has often effected a cure. The chronic cough is frequently occasioned by worms in the bowels or stomach, and is then to be treated accordingly. (See worms.) Bx\LLS. No. 1. Succotrine aloes, 1 dr. to 2 dr. Castile soap, - - 2 dr. Tartarised antimony, 2 dr Sirup enough to form a ball for one dose. Should the disease not submit to this remedy, try the following: No. 2. Gum ammoniacum, 3 dr. Powdered squill and opium, of each, - - 1 dr. Camphor, 1 dr. Sirup enough to form a ball for one dose. This is to be given every morning, and continued five or six days. A stable, properly ventilated, should be chosen, and the vapours of foul litter carefully avoided. Inflammation of the Eye* When the eye is inflamed, it looses in part its beautiful trans- parency, sometimes appearing as if covered with a film; the lid? are partially closed, the haws become more visible, and there is commonly a discharge of tears, or the eye appears watery. Should the inflammation have been brought on by some exter- nal injury, and particularly if it be not very considerable, the eye-lotion will be sufficient to remove it; but in more violent cases, it will be necessary also to bleed moderately and give a * See Appendix, Discaset of the Eyet. D