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whether any hopes of success from medicine 

 may be justly entertained ; if not, farther ex- 

 ' pense will be unadvisable, as it will appear, 

 after such trial, an incurable malady at all 

 events. The better to reconcile us to which, 

 such PALLIATIVES may be occasionally put 

 into use as will naturally be suggested by an 

 attentive perusal of this class, in which the 

 diseases of the lunga are the principal ob- 

 jects of investigation. 



At all events, Avhen a cough is become of 

 long standing, or the horse peiceived to la- 

 bour under any of those wheezings in exer- 

 cise, or violent heaving in the flanks, that 

 indicate an oppressed state of the lungs or 

 difficulty of respiration, the mode of feeding 

 should be regulated accordingly ; upon a 

 proper attention to which circumstance, 

 many of the consequences evidently depend. 

 For, whether as a preventive or cure, mashes 

 should be occasionally given, and gradually 

 declined, till the food becomes regularly 

 <lry : hay should be distributed in small 

 quantities, that the contents of the stomach 

 may not be too much increased for gradual 

 digestion. To horses of this description, food 



