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WHAT DISEASES CONSTITUTE UNSOUNDNESS OR VICE. 



Cough. 



Held to be 

 ■unsoundness 

 Tvlien tem- 

 porary. 



blance to the corn of the human being, that it is produced 

 by pressure and is a cause of lameness, but differing from 

 it in that the horn, answering to the skin of the human 

 foot, is thin and weak, instead of being thickened and 

 hardened. When it is neglected, so much inflammation 

 is produced in that part of the sensible sole that suppu- 

 ration follows, which is succeeded by quitter (A-), and 

 the matter either undermines the horny sole or is dis- 

 charged at the coronet. The cause is, pressure on the 

 sole at that part, by the irritation of which a small quan- 

 tity of blood is extravasated. The horn is secreted in a 

 less quantity, and is of a more spongy nature, and the 

 extravasated blood becomes inclosed in it. The portion 

 of the foot in which they are situated will not bear the 

 ordinary pressure of the shoe, and any accidental addi- 

 tional pressure from the growing down of the horn or 

 the introduction of dirt or gravel will cause serious lame- 

 ness. They render it necessary to wear a thick and heavy 

 shoe or a bar shoe to protect the weakened and diseased 

 part (/). 



Cor)is are hardly ever found on the hind feet ; in any 

 situation they are very seldom radically cured, and mani- 

 festly constitute Unsoundness. 



A Cough from catarrh or common cold is a complaint 

 of frequent occurrence, generally subdued without much 

 difficulty, but often becoming of serious consequence 

 when neglected. It is accompanied by a little increase 

 of pulse, a slight discharge from the nose and eyes, a 

 rough coat, and a diminished appetite. If the inflam- 

 mation increases the complaint degenerates into bron- 

 chitis (;»), catarrhal fever, thick- wind (w), and broken- 

 wind (o). 



Although it was laid down differently by Mr. Justice 

 Coleridge in Bolden v. Brogden {p), it may now be 

 considered as settled law that a Cough at the time of 

 sale, whether permanent or temporary, is a breach of a 

 ■vyarranty of soundness, and the subsequent recovery of 

 the Horse is no defence to an action on the warranty (q), 

 but may be proved in reduction of damages (r). The 



(k) Quitter, post. 



(0 Lib. U. K. "The Horse," 

 362. 



()w) Bronchitis, ante, p. 79. 



(w) Thick-wind, post. 



(o) Broken-wind, ante, p. 78 ; 

 Lib. U. K. "The Horse," 188. 



{p) Bolden V. Brogden, 2 M. & 

 Rob. 113. 



{q) Coates V. Stephens, 2 M. & 

 Eob. 157. 



(r) Kiddell v. Burnard, 9 M. & 

 W. 670. 



