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The horse that is not properly groomed, and carefully 

 stabled, soon begins to exhibit the results of inattention ; 

 it becomes dispirited, rejects its food, and loses flesh. So 

 well aware are those who take a pride in their horses of this 

 fact that the utmost care is bestowed upon the ventilation 

 and drainage of modernly constructed stables. 



A curious case occurred recently in Birmingham which 

 clearly illustrates the sensitive nature of the horse and its 

 susceptibility to the effects of effluvia. A manufacturer 

 engaged in the metal trade, but who resides at some distance 

 from the town, owned a very valuable horse, which he kept 

 for the purpose of riding to and from his place of business, 

 where, as he was sometimes detained for hours, he had a 

 stable erected for his horse. He had not long had the 

 animal when it became languid and ultimately unfit for 

 work. A veterinary surgeon was consulted, and for a time 

 he was completely at a loss to account for the symptoms ; 

 from which, however, the animal recovered after a short 

 residence at the country house of his ownei- ; but no sooner 

 had it commenced its visits to the town stable than the 

 symptoms returned. The veterinary surgeon was again 

 called in ; but this time he paid a visit to the stable, which 

 was in close proximity to a casting shop, the fumes from 

 which reached the stable and were the cause of the animal's 

 illness. A new stable was erected in a more healthy part oi 

 the works, and the result was most satisfactory. 



