264 THE CONDITION OF HUNTERS 



VERTIGO, OR MEGRIMS 



Affections of the brain and convulsive disorders 

 are by no means of rare occurrence in horses ; for 

 instance, the vertigo, or megrims, in coach-horses — 

 although from a more judicious mode of feeding we 

 see less of the latter than formerly. Such horses are 

 unsafe either to ride or drive. This is one of those 

 obscure diseases that veterinary surgeons have to 

 protect themselves against when certifying a horse 

 as sound. It is of most frequent occurrence in 

 harness-horses. 



BROKEN WIND 



Once broken-winded, it is almost a waste of words 

 to say much about him. The only cure is the copper. ^ 



What broken wind really is, appears to me to 

 be still somewhat of an undecided point ; neither 

 have dissections, by the most skilful practitioners, 

 by any means solved the problem. The best proof 

 of this is to be found in the several views taken of 

 it by our ablest writers on the veterinary art, each 

 differing, and some most materially, from others. 

 Whether the air-cells of the lungs are ruptured or 

 not, to this moment appears doubtful ; but such 



^ Nimrod's cure is certainly a radical one. — Editor. 



