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nerally fatal, and takes its origin at times from an in- 

 flammatory state of the lungs, when they have in a 

 great measure become tuberculated ; occasionally it 

 is constitutional, and hence a primary affection. 



Symptoms. — A modern writer, in speaking of this 

 disease, says, " When a consumption arises from any 

 defect in the lungs, or principal viscera, the eyes look 

 dull and a little moist, and the ears and feet are gene- 

 rally hot. There is mostly a dry husky cough, and 

 a groaning when turned suddenly in a stall ; the horse 

 sneezes much when brought into the cold air, and 

 shows uneasiness, and a quick motion in his flanks, 

 discharges occasionally at the nose, and generally a 

 yellowish curdled matter. His breath also smells more 

 or less offensive when the disease has made much 

 progress or been of long continuance. 



" They eat but little at a time, and chew their hay 

 very lightly and deliberately, and very cflen throw the 

 cud out of their mouths after chewing it. 



" In general they are hide-bound, and their coats 

 are long, dry and staring, even in summer. These 

 symptoms disappear upon being turned to grass in 

 warm weather, owing to the richness and succulence 

 of the herbage ; but they soon return when in the 

 stable and again put to work. 



" When a horse that has any of the above symp- 

 toms retains a tolerable appetite, and keeps up his 

 spirits in a certain degree, without losing his flesh, it 

 is a sign that the disease has not taken a very deep 

 root ; but on the contrary, when he continues to lose 

 flesh and strength, it is a pretty certain indication of 

 inward decay beyond the power of medicine to pre- 

 vent. When there is a yellowish curdled matter dis- 

 charged from the nostrils, it may generally be cousi- 



