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curate infpeftion of the enlig/j Une J pra.<^itioncr, 

 they may perhaps appear to be more the col- 

 ledled eiFuffions of fancy than the eiFed; ofyW^- 

 menf. As it is not, however, the prefent in- 

 tention to divert the mind to former modes of 

 prad:ice, let us endeavour to make the diftinft 

 caufes of complaint properly underftood, pre- 

 vious to the introdudion of fuch courfe of 

 medicines as expcf^isnce has clearly demonftrated 

 moft fafe and applicable to the relief of difeafea, 

 upon v/hich we proceed to treat. 



The diforders to which horfes are moft 

 fubjedt in the ftomach and bowels (excluiive 

 of thofe occafioned by worms and bots, already 

 feparately treated on) are thofe ki?ids of Cholic 

 which it will be neceffary to diftinguifli as the 

 jlatulcnt and mjlaminat07'y. The Flatulent 

 Cholic is that fpecies of inteftinal pain, occa- 

 fioned by an accumulation and retention of 

 wind, which, by its expanding force, in a 

 conftant fludluation and effort for difcharge, 

 extends the ftomach and inteftines to a certain 

 degree (or perhaps their utmoft elafticity); 

 when coming into dired: oppolition w-Ith the 

 contra<fting power of the abdominal mufcles, 

 certain pain is excited m 2. greater or lefs 



degree. 



