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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    [64] the appetite is diminished, and the pulse becomes quick; he is generally hidebound, and gradually loses flesh and strength. Lime water has been much recommended as a remedy for this disease; I have seen it given, however, in two cases, without any good effect. Others recommend diaphoretic medicines, from a supposition that it depends in great measure upon a sup- pression of*perspiration. Bark and other tonics have also been considered as useful remedies. I had four cases of diabetes under my care, nearly about the same time, and they were all speedily cured by means of the following ball. Opium, •• 1 dr. Powdered ginger, 2 dr. Yellow Peruvian bark, - - - - - - £ oz. Sirup enough to form a ball for one dose. But these were all recent cases, and not attended with fever, nor had the horse lost much strength, or become hidebound in any considerable degree; yet the disease was well marked, and would, I doubt not, have produced all these symptoms, had it not been opposed as soon almost as it made its appearance. In all these cases the quantity of urine discharged was very con- siderable; the mouth was dry; and there appeared to be a con- stant thirst. It seems, therefore, highly necessary to attend to this disease at its commencement, since, if neglected, it becomes extremely obstinate, and sometimes incurable. Should the above remedy fail, try one of the following formulae. BALLS FOR DIABETES. No. 1. Emetic tartar, ...... Opium, To be made into a ball for one dose. - 2 dr. 1 dr. No. 2. Salt of hartshorn, Opium, Powdered ginger, Liquorice powder, To be made into a ball for one dose. - 2 dr. - 1 dr. 3 dr. No. 3. Salt of Steel, ---... Myrrh, - Ginger, .---.. - j oz- 2 dr. - 1 dr. To be made into a ball for one dose.