THEIR FEED AND THEIR FEET. 57 



contagion, nor any " monkery " of that sort, to account 

 for the epidemics which sweep over the land. When 

 quite a percentage of all the horses in the country are 

 predisposed in this way, as they surely are, it rteed 

 cause no surprise when, under stress oi som^ favo ring- 

 condition in the atmosphere. Nature undertakes the 

 restoration of the diseased ones, or all of the worst 

 cases, and sets the mucous membranes of their noses 

 to eliminating the accumulated scrofulous humors — 

 or, in plain terms, filth. 



" Rightly understood, the external symptoms of a 

 disease constitute a restorative process that can not 

 be brought to a satisfactory issue till the cause of the 

 evil is removed." Skin diseases, ulcers, catarrhal dis- 

 orders, including 



" GLANDERS," 



in short, all blood disorders, are amply accounted for 

 in the manner described. To know the cause of an 

 evil is to enable us to prevent it, and is an immense 

 aid in our efforts to restore health when the cause 

 has been for any reason permitted to produce sick- 

 ness. But we shall always fail in our search if we 

 look for anything in the wrong direction ; and, in 

 attempting to aid Nature (for that is the physician's 

 sole business) in her efforts to cure, we are certain to 

 hinder her unless we know how the organism is af- 

 fected, and just what she is trying to accomplish. 



In cases of disease, when from any cause the ali- 

 mentary apparatus is so impaired that food is trans- 

 formed into " humors " largely, instead of into pure 



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