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sudden gushes. The texture of th^ lungs, in those 

 that I have examined with this complaint, was 

 more dense, more livid, also tuberculated, and 

 much less elastic than when unaffected with dis- 

 ease ; and on opening the chest they were not 

 found collapsed to the same degree as in health. 

 This disease most commonly originates from some 

 previous inflammation, or unusual determination 

 of blood to these parts, which alter the texture of 

 the lungs, such as frequent catarrhs, inflammation 

 of the lungs, hard riding v/hen the stomach is dis- 

 tended with food or water ; girthing the saddle or 

 surcingle very tight, and too far back towards the 

 flanks; confinement in ill-ventilated stables and 

 want of proper exercise ; depraved appetite, eating 

 litter, chaff, bad hay, &;c. which afford but little 

 nourishment, and induce a gross habit of body : 

 any of these will occasionally give rise to this 

 disease. 



In order to cure this disease, different authors 

 have pointed out different means, but the point 

 has never yet been attained. A strict attention 

 to his diet and management is indispensably 

 required for horses in this situation ; the animal 

 must be kept up in the stable, and fed with the 

 best hay, and a couple of mashes of scalded bran 

 and oats every day, or a moderate allowance of 



