The farrier's new guide. : containing first, the anatomy of a horse ... Secondly, an account of all the diseases incident to horses, with their signs, causes, and methods of cure. The whole interspers'd with many curious and useful observations concerning feeding and exercise, &c / By W. Gibson.

  • Gibson, W. (William), 1680?-1750.
Date:
1735
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Credit: The farrier's new guide. : containing first, the anatomy of a horse ... Secondly, an account of all the diseases incident to horses, with their signs, causes, and methods of cure. The whole interspers'd with many curious and useful observations concerning feeding and exercise, &c / By W. Gibson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAP. XXXII. , Of the Anticor. *The Anticor, Ti/TOST Authors have been miftaken as to an Injlamma- the Nature of this Difeafe; thegreateft tion of the Gul- Number attribute it to the Heart; and Solley- ^et% fell calls it a Swelling of the Pericardiutn, or Purfe of the Heart. But they are all plainly in an Error ; for an Anticor is an Inflammation in the Gullet and Throat, and is the very fame which in Man is called Angina, a*, r r It proceeds from the fame Caufes that bring e auJe- on in£njt;e Difeafes on Horfes, to wit, hard Riding, expofing a Horfe to the Cold, and giving him cold Water to drink when he is hot, full Feeding, and whatever elfe may caufe a fudden Stagnation of the Blood. fhe Si ns The are> accom- ' pany a Fever ; for an Anticor, while it is in¬ ternal, never wants a Fever to attend it; but when it fhews itfelf externally, the Fever begins to abate, unlefs it conti¬ nue to be both external and internal. So long as the Inflammation continues in the Gullet, the Horfe forfakes his Food ; and tho’ he has frequent Inclina¬ tions to drink, and albeit his Water be made moderately warm, thefirfl Gulp deters him from meddling with it again, until he has forgot the Pain and Agony it put him into. And the Pain of the Gullet is yet more manifeft from this (and I believe every Farrier muft have made the fame Obferva- tion) that whenever a Drench is given him he flaggers, and feems as if he would fall down, and makes feveral fhort interrupted Groans, or rather Gruntings, and fometimes will break out into a cold damp Sweat about his Ears. The Cure muft be begun by Bleeding, and that needs not be very fparing ; for this Dif¬ eafe feldom happens to Horfes that are poor and low. And here we alfo approve of linking one or other of the Veins on the hind Parts, to make a Revulfion. After Blooding, the following Clyfter may be given. <c Take two handfuls of Barley, two Ounces of Sal poly.- chre/l reduc’d to fine Powder, boil them in two Quarts of Water for the fpace of a quarter of an Hour, add to the Decodtion a Pint of Urine, a quarter of a Pound of frefh “ Butter, and two Ounces of Oil of Rue. Let this be given Blood-warm, and repeated twice a Day, or oftner. If cIhe Cure. &c a 4<