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inildmmations, and ulcers on the lungs, wliicli 

 so alFect them as to destroy, in some measure, 

 their elastic power and disposition to their 

 natural action. In all cases where the wind is 

 affected, immoderate feeding must be avoided; 

 lor if the guts and stomach be too full, they 

 will press against the midriff and lungs, and 

 make the horse much worse. The third and 

 last case is tire downright broken wind, whicli 

 follows pursiness, and is produced from 

 nearly the same causes, but in a more excessive 

 degree. The most desperate case is caused by 

 ignorant people giving a horse too hard exer-- 

 cise with a full belly, and particularly by 

 putting him on his speed in the gallop. This 

 overstrains the lungs, destroys their elasticity, 

 and renders them ever after incapable of per- 

 forming their natural functions. In every 

 stage of broken wind, from tlie slightest symp- 

 tom of thick wind to the last and worst stage 

 of broken wind, moderate feeding is best, and 

 such food as will pass easily off, and not occa- 

 sion costiveness. All animals, when young, 

 have their wind better than old ones ; because 

 their intestines and inside are not so large and 

 fat, and after victuals, respiration is more diih- 

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