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JAUNDICE, 



COM^?ONLY CALLED 



THE YELLOWS. 



This is a diforder common to horfes of 

 every defcription, to which they are fubjedt 

 from various caufes; the moft material of thefe 

 we fhall accurately explain. The more fimple 

 ^nd leaft dangerous complaint, paffing under 

 this denomination, aiifes folely from an ob~ 

 lirudion in the biliary duds, or in the gall 

 bladder, fituated between the two lobes of the 

 liver; whofe immediate purpofe it is to affift 

 in fecreting the bile from the blood, and pro- 

 mote its conveyance to the inteftines, where 

 (by its acrid and ftimulating property) it is 

 deftined to excite the periftaltic motion, by 

 which they expel their contents. 



In the jaundice arifmg from this caufe, the 

 duds or pipes for the palSage of bile are ob- 

 itrudcd by Jlime^ mucus ^ or vijcid coagtihim ; 



the 



