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remain stagnant in the blood, till the horse 

 being brought into use for the purpose he is 

 intended, when the grossness and viscidity 

 that has so Ions lain dormant soon becomes 

 perceptible ; the fluids are too thick, slug- 

 gish, and heavy, for their distinct appro- 

 priations ; the lungs are first overloaded, a 

 languor follows, to that a difficulty of breath- 

 ing or short cough succeeds ; and, lastly, the 

 great effort of nature displays itself in the 

 disease before us: and that is most judici- 

 ously made in the glandular parts, where she 

 is nearly adequate to her own work. 



This rational progress of the morbid matter 

 has ever affected me so forcibly with the idea 

 of conviction, that nothing but a judicious, 

 clear, and comprehensive elucidation (di- 

 vested of surmises and conjectures), demon- 

 strating an opposite cause, can never recon- 

 cile me to another opinion I appeal, without 

 subterfuo;e or ambiguity, to the professional 

 and enlightened reader, whether this is not 

 the regular process ; if this lurking viscidity, 

 this glutinous impurity, is not roused from 

 its latent communication with the juices, 

 and called into action, by bringing the frame 



