ii6 HIDEBOUND, &c. 

 they become not only in fome meafure con- 

 tradled, but in a great degree inadive, which, 

 with the want of proper external care and 

 dreffing, contribute to an almoft univerfal ob- 

 ftrudion of the cutaneous pores. Thefe, from 

 the preternatural debilitation of the general 

 fyftem, are compulfively thrown open upon 

 the moft moderate exercife, when a horfe that 

 is (from excellent food, care, and attention) 

 in what is termed good condition will not 

 difplay the lead moifture upon his Ikin, even 

 in undergoing a much greater proportion of 

 fatigue. 



Thus much is introduced to prove its ex- 

 iftence as an original complaint, probably 

 caufed by thefe means, when abftracled from 

 its coniideration as a fymptomatic attendant 

 upon any other. And when that is really the 

 cafe, by efFedtually removing the caufe, the 

 efFedl will ceafe -, or, in other words, cure the 

 difeafe on which it is an attendant, and you 

 will of courfe get rid of its concomitant like- 

 wife. In refped to its cure very little inftruc- 

 tion will be necefiary, for (under judicious 

 management) it is hardly entitled to the ap- 

 pellation of difeafe being in faft no more than 



a temporary 



