40 THE STUD. 



INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS. 



I do not quite say that I would advise the ab- 

 solute rejection of a horse because he had been so 

 afflicted, but I would most strenuously advise 

 any ordinary purchaser not to buy one that had 

 been recently affected without the advice of a 

 veterinary surgeon ; for it is a case requiring pro- 

 fessional knowledge, if not a professional man, 

 to judge how far there may exist any remains of 

 the disease, for, unless the cure has been radical, 

 and time allowed for tendency to inflammation to 

 have subsided, should the animal be put to quick 

 work, or even into hot stables, the chances are 

 the disease will return in all its viridence. 



If we are aware that a horse has had an attack 

 of this disorder, from such treatment as we have 

 no right to expect any lungs to bear with im- 

 punity, provided, and only provided, a very skilful 

 professional man declared the complaint cured, 

 and no symptoms remained, the purchase, I should 

 say, might be made with tolerable safety ; but if 

 with fair and proper treatment this disease had 

 come on, I should be very cautious in purchasing 

 such a horse ; still more so, if for racing or hunt- 

 ing purposes. If, with such treatment, he had 

 been more than once attacked, I should say reject 

 him at once, nor let any persuasion or representa- 



