A complete system of farriery, and veterinary medicine : containing a compendium of the veterinary art ... the anatomy and physiology of the foot, and the principles and practice of shoeing : with observations on stable management ... / by James White ... ; newly arranged by the publishers, in which are introduced ... treatises upon the glanders, farcy, staggers ... by the same author.

  • White, James, -1825.
Date:
1818
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    plaint, blistering the whole length of the windpipe has been recommended; I believe, however, that it is al- ways incurable, unless proper remedies are employed as soon as it is observed to be coming on. It general- ly begins like a severe cold, with difficulty in breath- ing, accompanied with a peculiar kind of wheezing : sometimes there is also considerable fever, and sore- ness of the throat. In some cases it attacks suddenly, and with great violence ; in others it comes on gradu- ally, and is then more dangerous, as it is seldom at- tended to, and generally allowed to establish itself before proper remedies are employed. It is advisa- ble, whenever a horse is attacked with the above symptoms, to have recourse immediately to bleeding, purging and blistering the throat. (See Cough, Ap- pendix.) Broken Wind. It seems to be universally allowed that this com- plaint is incurable, though it will admit of considera- ble alleviation ; and if its approach be perceived suf- ficiently early, may probably be prevented. Horses that appear to be most subject to it are those with vo- racious appetites, that eat even their litter, and keep themselves in good condition upon a moderate allow- ance of corn: also such as are fed highly? and at the same time not properly exercised. It has been obser- ved by a modern author*, « that the most common ap- pearance of the lungs in broken-winded horses is a general thickening of their substance, by which their elasticity is in great measure destroyed, and their V * An enquiry into the structure and animal economy of the horse, by Rickard Lawrence, Veterinary Surgeon, Birmingham, 4to.' a work oi much general merit.