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MOLTEN GREASE 



Is a diforder produced In general by too 

 great, fudden, or powerful exertions, when a 

 horfe is not in proper condition : as ftrong and 

 fevere hunting, long and fpeedy journies, or 

 hard driving in carriages, when iirft taken 

 from grafs loaded with impurities: juft out of 

 a dealer's pofleflion, full of light flatulent food; 

 or when too full of flefh for violent exercife. 

 In fuch cafes, from the internal heat, increafed 

 circulation, and temporary inflammation, the 

 fat feated upon the membranes in various 

 parts of the body undergoes rarefaftion and 

 rapid folution, making diftind efforts for dif- 

 charge by the different emundlories. The 

 proportion neareft the veiTels becomes abforbed 

 by the blood (retarding circulation,) thereby 

 producing fome degree of fever; another part 

 makes its appearance with the excrements 3 a 

 third portion fixes upon the lungs, and ob- 

 ftrudls refpiration; to thefe a laxation of the 

 inteftinal contents fucceeds; and, laflly, aloofe- 

 nefs, or fcouring, of v/hich we lafl treated; 

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