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inordinate degree; and moreover, it prevented the 

 horses from lying down as much as they otherwise 

 would have done, and consequently their strength 

 failed them more rapidly. 



It matters little where the horse be placed whether 

 in a stall or loose box, so long as the air be pure and 

 dry ; since he evinces no desire to take any kind of 

 exercise when labouring under this disease. 



