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Strict Regimen to be observed. 



grass for two or three days it will produce the 

 same effect. If, therefore, the horse's lungs and 

 windpipe both are sound, whence comes the mat- 

 ter above-mentioned, but from the passage be- 

 tween the nostrils and windpipe, by some sinews 

 formed in the membrane which lines the passage 

 of the nostrils ; or from an inflammation of the 

 mucus glands, by which the membrane becomes 

 §w<5lled and thickened, so that it seems almost im- 

 possible for a horse to draw his breath ? It is evi- 

 dent that every horse afflicted with this complaint 

 does not present exactly the same appearance, be- 

 cause the seat of the complaint varies according 

 to circumstances. 



In order to cure this disease, different authors 

 have pointed out different means, but the point 

 has never yet been attained. A strict attention 

 to his diet and management is indispensably re- 

 quired for horses in this situation; the animal 

 must be kept up in the stable, and fed with the 

 best hay, and a couple of mashes of scalded bran 



