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The Feet. 



Coldness of the feet indicates inflammation of im- 

 portant internal organs, as the lungs, pleura, bowels, 

 bladder, etc. Heat and tenderness of the feet occur 

 in founder. 



The Hair. 



The hair is dry and staring in farcy, glanders, in- 

 digestion, hide-bound from any cause, worms, mange, 

 consumption, surfeit, all diseases of the skin, and 

 starvation. The hair comes out in patches in mange 

 and in spots in surfeit. 



The Skin. 



Heat of the skin is one of the principal signs of 

 external local inflamuiation ; it also shows the pres- 

 ence of some fevers of a general character. A yel- 

 lowness about the mouth, eyes and nose, shows 

 jaundice or inflammation of the liver. Eedness of 

 the skin of the heels is a forerunner of grease or 

 scratches. Dryness and huskiness of the skin and 

 hair indicate constitutional derangement, either of a 

 chronic character, or it may be some acute disease 

 already present or just coming on, as pleurisy or 

 inflammation of the lungs, m which the skin of the 

 legs is cool or cold throughout. 

 The l>uiig:. 



The appearance of the horse's dung shows the con- 

 dition of his digestion. The dung very offensive, 

 like that of the hog or human, indicates a want of 

 action in the absorbent vessels of the bowels, which 



