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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    [62 ] to discharge large quantities of dung, which appeared to consiai in a great measure, of undigested oats and beans, and had a very offensive smell: he was considerably relieved, and seem- ed to have an inclination for food; but lie was allowed to take gruel only. The horse had so bruised his head and nose, by forcing it against the wall and manger, that there was much swelling above the eyes and about the nose; there was also a discharge of matter from the nostrils. The horse perfectly re- covered, and had no return of the disease. It is of importance to remark, that, in this horse, as well as in that of case 2, the disease was noticed at an early period; and I have reason to be- lieve, that they were more strictly attended to by the servants, to whose care they were entrusted, than horses, in this com- plaint, usually are. PURGING BALL. Barbadoes aloes, powdered, - - - - 1 oz. Calomel, ^ oz. Cascarilla, finely powdered, - - - - 3 dr. Sirup enough to form a ball for one dose. Some years ago, I gave two drams of the carbonat of ammo- nia, with the above ball, and employed a smaller dose of calo- mel. The formula I have here given, however, appears to me to be the best. The ball should be given without paper, and washed down with two or three hornfuls of warm water. The mode of treatment I have recommended is, I believe, the mo? * effectual that can be employed: there is but little chance Oi success, however, unless it is resorted to at the commencement of the disease. It is probable, I think, that the same treatment would be found useful in that acute form which the disorder occasionally assumes, as described in the firstjetter, and the observations which follow it. It is there stated, that purging medicines and calomel were given without effect, that is, were given separately, and the latter, probably, in a small dose; but it does not appear, that the medicine was assisted by the means I have recommended, that is, by clysters, and by giving fre- quently, warm water, joined with a powerful stimulant, to soft- en the undigested food, and excite the stomach to action. With . respect to the valuable horse mentioned in the letter, in which, after death, the stomach and bowels were found in a natural state, it appears to me, that he died of some other disease, the symptoms there described being unlike those which occur in staggers. My experience leads me to believe, that the staggers are not contagious; but the circumstances, stated in the fore- going letter, seem to confirm the opinion, that they were high- ly contagious in the neighborhood of Swansea.