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tion of the neck removes the unnecessary load of fat which 

 surrounds the windpipe, giving more room for it to convey 

 the air to the bronchial tubes, and through them to the 

 lungs. I have just said that the same process gets rid of 

 fat, wherever it is deposited, either among the internal 

 viscera, or where it surrounds the muscles. This is so, 

 yet we can modify it in practice, so that the effects will be 

 greater in absorbing the interior than the exterior deposit. 



This is the first thing to be done. Till we remove from 

 the lungs and heart the adipose deposit that hinders their 

 working, we cannot give exercise enough to be of much 

 benefit to the muscles of locomotion. The first sweats, 

 then, will have to be given independent of speed, which 

 these organs are yet unable to endure. In England, it is 

 well known that if a horse used for hunting becomes much 

 tired, he will never after be as good as he was. No matter 

 how long the interval of rest, his impaired powers can 

 never be recuperated. In all probability the injury is to 

 the lungs ; in the excitement of the chase, the symptoms 

 of being exhausted are overlooked, and animals are forced 

 to struggle along till their structure is injured. We are 

 all aware how much more acute the sufferings are from 

 the exhaustion of the lungs, than the tiring of the muscles. 

 Thus nature warns us of the greater danger attending the 

 overworking of them. The sweating of Never Mind to- 

 morrow will be a practical exemplification of the mode I 

 a'dopt to relieve the respiratory organs, so there will be 

 no need of dilating on the plan to be followed to accom- 

 plish this end. We have in a cursory manner glanced at 

 the effects of sweating on the internal organs ; we will 

 afterwards discuss its merits in relieving a horse, when in 

 distress from rapid work. 



The questions attending sweating for the outward for- 

 mation are not so complicated. The muscles are masses 

 of elastic fibres, terminated by the tendons on which they 



