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C H A P. V- ~ 



Of a PLEURISY, and \n?i2im- 

 m^iion of thehwngSy &c 



THESE diforders have fcarce been ^^^^^^^'^• 

 mencioned by any writer in far- ^iifo^dei 

 riery before Mr. Gibfon ; who, by fre» are fre- 

 quently examining the carcafles of dead quent in 

 horfes, has found them fubjedl to the dif- iwries. 

 ferent kinds of inflammations here de- 

 fcribed. 



He has often difcovered matter on the ^[J)fj.^^^^ 

 pleura (or membrane which lines the j.^^^ 

 cheft internally) making its way into the 

 cheft ; he has found in fome horfes the 

 whole fubftance of the lungs black, and 

 full of a gangreened water \ and in others 

 abfcefles of various fizes ; and, in fhort^ 

 inflammations in every bowel. He has 

 frequently feen the blood- veflels fo over- 

 loaded, that the blood has burft out of 

 the fmaller veflfels, and run over their 

 carcafiTes in many places, while tlie col- 

 lar-maker was fleaing of their hides, and 

 on cutting open the larger veflTels, the 

 blood has gulhed out as from a fountain, 

 filling all the cavity of the body j an evi- 



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