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CHAP. 11. 



INTFRNAL 'diseases OF THE HORSE. INKLAMMATIOy OF THE 



LL'NGS A GROIKD FOR REJECTING A HORSE. CHOLIC AND IN- 



FLABIMATION OF THE BOWELS, DITTO. MEGRIM AND STAGGERS. 



BLEEDING AT THE NOSE. 



INTERNAL DISEASES. 



PoRTUXATELY for the animal, and equally for- 

 tunate for those who are large owners, the internal 

 complaints to which horses are liable are few in 

 number comparatively with those incidental to 

 mankind. TVere it otherwise, the mortality among 

 animals of the brute creation would far exceed 

 that of ourselves; for, however profound pro- 

 fessional skill may be, the symptoms of some dis- 

 eases bear so closely on each other, that we are 

 indebted, in multitudes of cases, to speech that 

 hidden complaints are not often confounded with 

 each other. And here is a w^onderful advantage 

 the ordinary physician has over the veterinary 

 practitioner. The latter, on seeing his patient 

 in pain, can often only judge by the motions 

 of the animal where the pain lies. The human 

 patient not only informs us of this, but states 



