JAUNDICE. 967 



rc^urii^ltates. becomes immediately incorpo- 

 rated \fith the blood, and, through the sys- 

 tem of eirculatio:i. ditViises itself to evoiy 

 part of the fi-ame, denoting its presence by 

 an early appearance of yellowness in the cr/f.<?, 

 wouth, tongue, and salna. To the^e patho- 

 gnomonic or invariable symptoms may bo 

 added those not altogether so certain in 

 its earliest state; the horse generally seems 

 liea\y, dull, and dijectod, wiih loss of ap- 

 jK^tite and consequent rejectioii of food, more 

 than will barely subsist nature : a slight 

 symptomatic fever soon conies on. and keeps 

 pace with the disease : a slugiiishncss or 

 aversion to motion i> plainly perceptible ; a 

 foul foint sweat appears upon the least exer- 

 cise; and the urine is of a dark saffron tinge, 

 resembling an infusion of that articVe ; the 

 duno' varies much in diiYerent subjects, but 

 is IN ALL manv degrees paler, and more in- 

 digested, tlian the excrements of horses iu 

 high condition. 



The indications of cure naturally arise out 

 of the verv description of the disease ; to ef- 

 feet which th.ere will be but little difiiculty, 

 provided it is taken upon its first appearance, 



