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SyraptoiTis of an Asthma. 



CHAP. X. 



THE ASTHMA. 



The asthma is a common disease among 

 horses, and is of two kinds, moist and dry : in 

 the former there is a free discharge of mucus and 

 matter by the nostrils after coughing ; while, in 

 the latter, or dry kind, there is little or no dis- 

 charge produced. The moist asthma is attended 

 with a cough that is occasioned by a load of slimy 

 matter being generated or discharged into the 

 vessels of the lungs, and thus producing a great 

 difficulty in breathing. 



An asthma is distinguished by the following 

 symptoms: a quick and short breathing; the 

 flanks heave with a violent and quick motion ; if 

 the horse be trotted, or run in the hand, he will 

 wheeze and rattle in the throat like one that 



