Gleason's Veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming .. . d private circulars, as infallible cures formost all diseases which can be named, in either man orbeast; either for external application, or internal adminis-tration. No subject in medicine has been more fully ex-posed than the great and absurd pretensions of thesemedicines. But, notwithstanding all this, the credulity ofeven the best class of society is great, the readiest victimsbeing found among them. It surely requires no argumentto show how dangerous must be the indiscriminate use ofpowerful drugs when compounded by parties wh
Gleason's Veterinary hand-book and system of horse taming .. . d private circulars, as infallible cures formost all diseases which can be named, in either man orbeast; either for external application, or internal adminis-tration. No subject in medicine has been more fully ex-posed than the great and absurd pretensions of thesemedicines. But, notwithstanding all this, the credulity ofeven the best class of society is great, the readiest victimsbeing found among them. It surely requires no argumentto show how dangerous must be the indiscriminate use ofpowerful drugs when compounded by parties who likelynever had the slightest opportunity to acquire a medicaleducation, and why such persons cannot cure, by theirremedies, diseases which are, or may be, deemed incurable,and have defied the most consummate skill and experienceof the veterinary medical world. Quinsy.—A name given to sore throat. (See Distem-per and Influenza.) Quittor.—This term is used in England for a diseasein the foot of a fistulous character. (See Foot Diseases.) RESPIRATION 183. Quittor Syeinge, with Rings. To be used with one Hand. Rabies.—(See Hydrophobia.) Rachitis.—A disease of the bones of young animals,due to a deficiency of earthy matter, (lime,) which causesthe bones to yield, being too soft. In colts of the firstyear, some will be observed to stand so close at the knees,that one joint touches the other, which gives the fore legsa curious-looking twist, with the feet turned out, and theknees bent in. Colts so affected soon get well when theyare supplied with good, nutritious food, in which thephosphate of lime predominates. Rachitis, (pronouncedracketis,) in old horses, is seldom seen; and when it is, itis in the bones of the back or lumbar vertebra?, is char-acterized by swellings of an irregular kind, with wateroozing from them, and is called hydro-rachitis or spina-bifida. Horses so affected are not fit for work withweight upon the back. (See Deformities.) Resolution.—This is the
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