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JAUNDICE, 



COMMONLY CALLED 



T H E Y E L L O AV S. 



This is a disorder common to horses of 

 every description, to which they are subject 

 from various causes ; the most material of 

 these we shall accurately explain. The more 

 simple and least dangerous complahit, pass- 

 ing under this denomination, arises solely 

 from an obstruction in the biliary ducts, or 

 in the gall-bladder, situated between the 

 two lobes of the liver ; whose immediate 

 purpose it is to assist in secreting the bile 

 from the blood, and promote its conveyance 

 to the intestines, where (by its acrid and sti- 

 mulating property) it is destined to excite 

 the peristaltic motion, by which they expel 

 their contents. 



In the jaundice arising from this cause, the 

 ducts or pipes for the passage of bile are ob- 

 structed by slime, mucus, or viscid coagiilum ; 

 the fluid, thus impeded in its usual progress, 



