INTROD.] OF CORRESPONDING DISORDERS. 5 



the external parts of the animal, which we shortly 

 proceed to expound, is recently ascertained to ex- 

 tend to the internal organs also ; that is to say, the 

 powers, the size, the capacity of one set, so far out- 

 strip those of another, as to occasion that sort of 

 derangement in the functions of animal life, which 

 we denominate constitutional disorders. True, these 

 may be acquired also ; but we are now considering 

 original defects, those of birth ; though some may be 

 undecidedly the one or the other, or attributable to 

 both, as we shall see presently. 



o. Among these latter, we know the adhesion of 

 one internal part to another, as of the lungs to the 

 ribs, is the cause of death to many a fine foal, and 

 young horses in training ; we know, likewise, that 

 this is the unaccountable disorder of full grown 

 horses which those persons term debility, who are at 

 a loss for a more specific name ; whilst others cry out 

 " worms !" by reason of the staring coat, and loss 

 of appetite, which are the corresponding symptoms 

 of this cruel and inscrutable disorder. We do not 

 mean to assert, for one moment, that this is a disor- 

 der of ill-formed animals only ; it is found, after 

 death, to have destroyed the finest and best built 

 horses, on the turf principally, by reason of the 

 very strong work these are put to, accompanied by 

 high-feeding, strong physic, and denial of water. 



Thus, it will be seen, that an inquiry concerning 

 malconformation, involves the diseases attendant 

 thereon ; that the internal structure is liable to the 

 same kind of misfortune ; and, although we are not 



b3 



