26 VETERINARY 



a sliort time, unlefs the degree of friction be increas- 

 ed, there will not be the least irritation produced. 

 It may terminate by bleeding ; but this is seldom the 

 case with the horse, except it be procured by the 

 lancet. It may terminate by an enlarged secretion ; 

 for instance, in inflammation of the membrane of 

 the nose, we often find a larger secretion of mucus, 

 and sometimes of a matter similar to pus. It may 

 also be resolved by the smaller vefsels throwing 

 out a large quantity of the thinner part of the 

 blood. If this should happen in the thorax, it 

 may produce a dropsy of the thorax ; if in the 

 cavity of the abdomen, a dropsy of the abdomen. 

 We should therefore always endeavour to prevent 

 this kind of termination. 



Terminating by adhesion, is the union of 

 parts, without the medium of granulations. This 

 procefs may take place in the internal parts, from 

 two inflamed surfaces coming into contact, or from 

 the vefsels of one inflamed surface throwing out 

 coagulable lymph, which becoming solid, forms a 

 medium into which vefsels shoot ; so that the vefsels 

 of one surface communicate with these of the 

 other. This procefs may either constitute, pre? 

 vent, or cure a disease. It may constitute disease, 

 by forming an unnatural adhesion ; may prevent 

 it, by stopping the progrefs of inflammation ; and 



