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from a running stream will rarely harm ; but if drawn 

 from a well, by its coldness, not unfrequently produces 

 colic, spasm, and even death. The horse that is not 

 properly groomed and carefully stabled soon begins to 

 exhibit the results of inattention ; for it becomes dis- 

 pirited, 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 occured recently in Birmingham which clearly illus- 

 trates the sensitive nature of the horse and its suscepti- 

 bility to the effects of effluvia. A manufacturer 

 enofaofed 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 con- 

 sulted, 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 owner ; 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 was the cause of the animals 

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

 of the works, and the result was most satisfactory. 



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