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150 THE MODERN HORSE DOCTOR. 



appear to escape this physiological act, is destined for the purpose 

 of respiration and to produce fibrine. 



" 7. That this supposition seems explicable on the double fact : 

 a, that the albumen, which exists in great quantities in the blood, 

 is, on the contrary, but little abundant in the muscles and other 

 tissues ; b, that the fibrine, which predominates in the muscles, 

 for example, figures in a very small proportion in the composition 

 of the blood. 



" 8. That, according to the same supposition, the albumen of 

 the blood will be in part free, in part combined ; and that the 

 portion in combination would be with the fibrine in order to hold 

 it in solution, and thus favor its circulation through the vessels, 

 and. in its ultimate analysis, its assimilation. 



" 9. That in every respiration a part only of the albumen is 

 combusted and converted into fibrine. 



" 10. That this dissolution of fibrine becomes necessary in 

 order to oppose the coagulation of a principle whose disposition 

 is to become solid, and, as we all know, very firmly so. 



"11. That, moreover, this coagulation is hindered by the inter- 

 position and suspension in the blood and motion of the colored 

 corpuscles. 



" 12. That the use of these corpuscles is to divide the albumen 

 and fibrine, to oppose the coagulation of the latter, and moreover 

 to imbibe the oxygen of the air which is going to occasion a fresh 

 combustion in the woof of the living tissues, and so favor the 

 normal accomplishment of the function of assimilation and nu- 

 trition." — Translated from the French, by Mr. Percivall. 



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COLIC. 



In nine cases out of ten, colic is the result of impaired digestive 

 organs; the food runs into fermentation, and evolves carbonic 

 acid gas. In view of prevention, then, it becomes a matter of 

 importance to know what are the causes of indigestion; and the 



* Saleratus is a favorite remedy among horsemen for the cure of colic and 

 indigestion. Being an antacid, it is supposed to combine with the free acid 

 existing in the digestive cavity, and thus neutralize it ; the benefit which 

 might be derived from this alkali is prevented, by mixing it, as many do, with 





