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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    [40] cartilage, to wipe it off; and as light is painful to the animal when the eye is in a state of inflammation, we generally Arid this organ, on such occasions, drawn more than usual into the soc- ket, and consequently the haw becomes conspicuous on its sur- face. Farriers in this case consider the haw as an unnatural excrescence, and the cause of the disease: they frequently there- fore cut it off. Locked Jaic. This disease, very fortunately, occurs but seldom, as it gen- erally terminates fatally. It begins with a difficulty in masti- cation ; at length the jaws become so completely and immova- bly closed, that neither medicines nor food can be got into the stomach. The muscles of the neck are generally in a state of rigid contraction, and the animal appears to suflei great pain. It is often brought on by trifling causes, such as wounds of the foot, inflammation of the tail from docking or nicking, &e. and sometimes it attacks without any apparent cause. Various remedies have been tried in this complaint, but I do not think any effectual mode of treatment has yet been discovered. Im- mersion in cold water, or even snow, is said to produce a tem- porary relaxation of those muscles by which the jaws are closed. Opium and camphor have been strongly recommended. I have lately been informed of a case in which a combination of these medicines completely succeeded. In America and the West- India islands, where the disease is much more frequent than it is in this climate, strong stimulants have been found effectual; dd be advisable therefore to try the same plan on horses, should opium and camphor fail. The best stimulants for this purpose are spirit of hartshorn, ether, opium, and brandy. I have been informed that a blister, applied to the spine or back, [hout its whole length, from the withers to the basis of id, has proved successful in several cases. I have had on- ly one opportunity of trying it, in which it did no good : but the ;e had existed lor some time, and had become very violent before any remedy was employed. Sec Appendix. Lampas. When the bars or roof of the horse's mouth, near (he front becoms level with, or higher than the teeth, he is said to have the Limpas, and this is supposed to prevent his feeding.