52 0/ J PLEURISY, and 



^ dent proof that plentiful evacuatloa 

 had been negle6led. In order to diftin- 

 guifh thefe diforders from others, we 

 fhall defcribe the fymptoms in Mr. Gib*- 

 fan's own words. 



The Tions <« A pleurlfy then, which is an inflam* 

 ^.^.^P'^"- mation of the pleura, and a peripneu- 



rily, and , . , . ^ . ' • ^ r i 



inHamma- "^^ny, which IS an inflammation ot the 

 tionof the lungs, have fymptoms very much alike; 

 lungs. with this difference only, that in a pleu- 

 rify a horfe fhews great uneafinefs, and 

 fhifts about from place to place ; the fe* 

 ver, which at firft is moderate, rifes fud- 

 denly very high ; in the beginning he 

 often drives to lie down, but ftarts up 

 again immediately, and frequently turns 

 his head towards the affedled fide, which 

 has caufed many to miflake a pleuritic 

 diforder for the gripes, this fign being 

 xommon to both, though with this dif- 

 ference : 



i?A-'''^^n, '' In the orripes a horfe frequently lies 



themfroni down, and rolls ; and when they are 



Wiegripes. violent, he will alfo have convulfive 



twitches, his eyes being turned up, and 



his limbs ftretched out, as' if he was dying : 



his ears and feet fometimes occafionally 



hot, and fometimes as cold as ice •, he 



falls into profufe fweats, and then into 



cold damps, drives often to dale and 



: ^ - . dung, 



