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regurgitates, becomes immediately incorpo- 

 rated with the blood, and, through the sys- 

 tem of circulation, diffuses itself to every 

 part of the frame, denoting its presence by 

 an early appearance of yellowness in theei/es, 

 rnoiith, tongue, and saliva. To the.^e patho- 

 gnomonic or invariable symptoms may be 

 added those not altos^ether so certain in 

 its earliest state ; t!ie horse generally seems 

 heavy, dull, and dejected, with loss of ap- 

 petite and consequent rejection of food, more 

 than will barely subsist nature; a slight 

 symptomatic fever soon comes on, and keeps 

 pace with the disease ; a sluggishness or 

 aversion to motion is plainly perceptible ; a 

 foul faint sweat appears upon the least exer- 

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

 resembling an infusion of that article ; the 

 dung varies much in different subjects, but 

 is IN ALL many degrees paler, and more in- 

 digested, than the excrements of horses in 

 hi^h condition. 



The indications of cure naturally arise out 

 pf the very description of the disease ; to ef- 

 fect which there will be but little difficulty, 

 provided it is taken upon its first appearance. 



