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CLASS IIL 



HIDEBOUND, SURFEIT, MANGE, 

 AND FARCY. 



HIDEBOUND 



Is a fubjea that has hitherto been very little 

 treated of, and by no means at all fatisfac- 

 torily. It has been attributed to many caufes, 

 but, from every obfervation I have been able 

 to make, I muft confine it to few. The figns 

 are, a v^ant of flexibility in the fkin, w^hich 

 is pervaded by a general ftifFnefs that feems 

 to form an entire adhcfion to the flefh, w^ith- 

 out the leaft partial feparation or diftindion. 

 There is a kind of dully fcurf, plainly per- 

 ceived underneath the hair, that raifes it up 

 in different parts -, and, giving it another hue, 

 the coat in many places forms an appearance 

 of two or three colours ; conveying, even in 

 4 this 



