274 DICTIONARY OF THE VETERINARY ART. 



bucket of boiling water. The diet should be light and nour- 

 ishing, as gruel, mashes, &c. 



Respiration. The act of breathing ; which includes in- 

 spiration, or the taking in of air by the lungs, and expiration, 

 or the act of discharging it. 



Ringbone. A bony excrescence on the lower part of the 

 pastern, generally, but not always, causing lameness. 



Roaring. A disease which takes its name from the wheez- 

 ing noise the horse makes in breathing, when put into quick 

 motion. It is supposed by most veterinary writers to be 

 caused by an eifusion of lymph in the windpipe. Our own 

 view of the subject is, that it is owing to a contraction of 

 the bronchial tubes. 



Rosemary. The essential oil of this shrub is a useful in- 

 gredient in stimulating liniments. 



Rot. A disease of sheep, resembling pulmonary consump- 

 tion, complicated with dropsy. Its causes are flooded lands 

 and unsubstantial food. 



Rowels. These are considered as artificial abscesses, or 

 drains. They act on the principle of making one disease 

 cure another — a principle that will not stand the test of com- 

 mon sense. 



Rumination. Chewing the cud. 



Rupture. A swelling caused by the protrusion of some 

 parts of the bowels out of the cavity of the abdomen, into 

 a kind of sac, formed by that portion of the peritoneum 

 (which see) which is pushed before it. 



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Sacrum. That part of the back bone from which the tail 

 proceeds. 



Saliva. Spittle. 



Salivation. A profuse and continued flow of saliva. 



Sand Crack. A perpendicular crack on the side or quar- 

 ter of the hoof. 



