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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    [57] Symptoms. Heayiness, stupor, laziness at work, swinging the head from side to side, or pushing it forward, or resting it in the manger, but never turning it round, or drawing it backward; often stand- in* for hours motionless; then slight twitches of the limbs, and other parts of the body. They seem weak, and afraid ot falling. Heaving of the flanks. Ears cold. Eyes glassy. Some grow immediately stiff, and the jaw is frequently locked. Some beat their heads about, and kick out at every thing; but are never observed to kick their bellies, as in gripes. '* Progress. The first symptoms increase; beating the head against the ground or manger; often forcing the nose through the bars of the hay racks. The jaw becomes closely locked. They fall. The twiching increases. Violent perspiration breaks out in some: in others, the skin is dry and tight, the eyes open and sta- ring, yet the horse appears to be blind. He makes water fre- quently, which is forced out as if by a general spasm. Fatal Symptoms: The coldness and stiffness of the whole body increase. The loins extremely pinched in. The eyes very glassy. The jaw closely locked. Dung very dark and dry. Symptoms of recovery. Very few recovered: in these, coldness of the ears and bo- dy lessened; the jaw became relaxed; convulsions abated ; the eye appeared more lively; staling less frequent, and without ap- pearance of spasm; they attempted to eat and to drink; the dung became moister, and of a light color. Out of fourscore, only four were supposed to have recovered. One of these, be- ing turned out, ran round the field several times, then fell and died. Another seemed to have been relieved by profuse bleed- ing. . , , The disease is not dicovered till the case is become desper- ate, and usually kills in twenty or thirty hours. Almost every remedy has been tried without effect; viz: bleeding, hot baths, calomel, purging medicine, salts, opium, camphor, James pow- der, and asafoetida. None of them appeared to be of service. Six horses, that died of the distemper, were examined by this gentleman. In four of them, the stomach was loaded with food,