THE HUNTER IN HEALTH 



affords useful information, not only in cases of 

 lameness, but also in various other diseases. 

 In most lung troubles the horse persistently 

 stands — the converse of cattle — whereas in ab- 

 dominal affections, unless the pain is acute, it is 

 generally found lying. Attitude may be charac- 

 teristic of disease, as in acute laminitis, in 

 which trouble the animal stands with both fore- 

 limbs advanced (if the disease is located in this 

 part), or with the hind limbs forward, when the 

 latter are implicated. Again, the pose of a 

 limb may be characteristic of some particular 

 injury, as in the dislocation of the knee cap. 



THE EXCRETORY ORGANS 



The skin, the kidneys, and the alimentary 

 canal, constitute the principal excretory organs of 

 the body, and it is through these channels that 

 the waste products of metabolism of the body 

 are cast out. When the kidneys are irritated 

 by some deleterious material, they do, as a rule, 

 take on increased functional activity, and en- 

 deavour to expel it. This is precisely what 

 happens when hunters are fed on musty oats, or 



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