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ifot/j aite(fted. I fliall, in treating of both, enu- 

 merate the certain prognoflics ; but cannot fo 

 far attempt an impofition upon the judgment 

 as to formx a firing of imaginary fymptoms, 

 and fay (as fonie have done) that ^^ he looks 

 " to the 7ight with the fleurijy, and to the 

 " left with xht peripneumofiy, that he tries to 

 " lay down, then he Jl:-rts up;" and a multi- 

 plicity of certainties equally curious. But as 

 MEN or WOMEN, labouring under the 

 moft acute difeafes, do not difplay the Ja7ne 

 attitudes, or indulge in \ht fa?ne poiitions, no 

 m.ore 6.0 the different animals of \vhich we 

 now treat; but there are other predominant 

 fymptoms, and certain prognoftics, that fuffi- 

 ciently enable us to afcertain the feat of dif- 

 eafe, particularly in the inflammatory diforders 

 before us. 



For inftance — the horfe is exceedingly dull, 

 heavy in the eyes, drops his head, is reftlefs, 

 perpetually fhifting his legs alternately; the 

 fever comes on fuddenly, and increafes rapidly ; 

 his breathing is extremely difficult, the cough 

 iliort and laboured, exciting great pain. 

 The mouth at fxril is parched and dry; but 

 when a critical difcharge ilTues from the 

 P 3 noftrils, 



