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X HIS disorder^ as it is the most common, so also it is one of 

 the most fatal, in the catalogue of the Diseases of the Horse. — 

 Nor^ shall we have the smallest ground for wonder, either at the 

 frequency or the fatality of the complaint, if we consider for a mo- 

 ment, the circumstances to which such Horses are exposed, as are 

 most liable to be attacked with it. For, upon attentive enquiry, it 

 will be found, that those which are kept in hot and confined Stables, 

 and, jtiore especially/,, such as are accustomed to warm cloathing, 

 are, most commonly, the subjects of this Disease. 



The application of cold air to tlie surface of the skin, in conse- 

 quence of the vicissitudes to which Horses of the above description 

 are exposed, is the great exciting cause of this disease. The symp- 

 toms commonly observable on an attack of Inflammation of the 

 Lungs, are the following. Dullness, general Languor, Loss of'<Ap- 

 petite. Coldness of the Limbs and Ears, Heat in the Mouth, labo- 

 rious breathing, (which may be known by the quick working of the 

 Flanks) Inaptitude to Motion. Most commonly there is a Cough, 



