EXERCISE. 211 



the BLOOD, what the necessary evacuations 

 of dung and urine take from the accumu- 

 lated contents of the intestines ; Avhich 

 suffered to remain in an abundant and pre- 

 ternatural proportion, must, by its com- 

 pulsive retention, acquire a degree of putrid 

 or acrimonious morbidity inevitablj^ pro- 

 ducing' disease. These morbid attacks act 

 differently upon different subjects, accord- 

 ing to their state or tendency, at the time 

 of the blood or body's assuming a cor- 

 rupt or infectious influence ; displaying it- 

 self in such way as is most applicable to 

 the constitutional predominance of disease 

 in the horse previous to the least trait of dis- 

 covery. 



I shall, in compliance with my promise in 

 the introductory part of this work, forbear 

 to lead the reader farther into a |:edious 

 train of remote medical researches, but refer 

 him to the different disquisitions of the 

 former volume for any gratification he may 

 wish to obtain ; letting it suffice to observe, 

 that from such original cause may arise 

 the various distressing disquietudes so re- 

 peatedly enumerated, as swelled legs, cracked 



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