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it; a want of exercise and bleeding; when tlie 

 weather is damp and cold, and the body full of 

 blood ; riding a horse deep in cold water, when he 

 is covered with perspiration ; or, while in this state, 

 by letting him stand long in the cold ; violent 

 riding in cold and damp weather ; when a horse 

 is heated, riding hitn in cold water. Inflammation 

 of the lungs, and most other inflammatory dis- 

 orders, frequently arise from the perspiration being 

 suddenly stopped when over-heated. 



At first, when a horse is seized with this disease, 

 it has been frequently mistaken for the colic ; biit 

 the difference between these two disorders is con- 

 siderable; for when a horse is taken with this 

 complaint, he lies down and rolls about ; his eyes 

 are turned up ; he suddenly rises again with a 

 spring, and stamps with his feet ; very rarely 

 symptoms of fever present ; short intervals of ease ; 

 cold and clammy sweats suddenly appear, which 

 generally continue until some relief be obtained. 



If the breathing in inflammation of the lungs 

 becomes easier after the bleeding and other reme- 

 dies have been employed ; the horse be inclined to 

 lay down, and looks livelier and more free from 

 pain ; feverisli symptoms abate ; pulse rises on 

 Ijleeding : we may suppose the horse will get better. 



