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C L A S S VI. 1 



COLDS, COUGHS, PLEURISY, IN- 

 FLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS, 

 BROKEN WIND, AND CONSUMP- 

 TION. 



COLDS 



Are a species of disease not only acquir- 

 ed by different means, but likewise very dif- 

 ferent in their effects ; both which we sliall 

 endeavour to elucidate in a manner much 

 more extensive and satisfactory than any that 

 have gone before us. Colds are in general 

 more frequently the effect of neglect than 

 chance, and are mostly acquired by the stu-^ 

 pidify or inattention oi those to whose care the 

 horse is unavoidably intrusted. The va- 

 rious means by which colds are caught, in 

 either man or beast, we naturally suppose to 

 be so well understood, that a minute inves- 



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