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j A U N D I C E, 



i;OMM0NLy CALLED 



T H E .YELL O W S. 



'This Is a diforder common to horfes of 

 every defcriptioh, to which they are fubjed: 

 from various caufes ; the moft material of thefe 

 we ihall accurately explain. The more limple 

 and leaft dangerous complaint, paffing under 

 this" denomination, arifes folely from an ob- 

 ftru6tion in the biliary duds, or in the gall- 

 bladder, fituated between the two lobes of the 

 liver; whofc immediate purpofe it is to affift 

 in fecreting the bile from the blood, and pro- 

 mole its conveyance to tlie inteltines, where 

 (by its acrid and llimulating property) it is 

 dcflined to excite the periftaltic motion, by 

 which they expel their contents. 



In the jaundice arifing from this caufe, the 

 du6ls or pipes for the paflage of bile are ob- 

 ftrufted by yZ/wr, muci/s, or v^dJ coagultwi y 



the 



