18 SKETCH OF EXAMINATION [BOOK I. 



must every reported case of debility or complication 

 require the exercise of his honest scrutiny. The a d- 

 hesion, or growing together of one vital organ to ano- 

 ther, is this so-called debility ; brought on by the 

 drying up of those aqueous secretions which nature 

 designed for lubricating the parts ; all this mischief 

 being the consequence of quick pace, of hot, cold- 

 and-hot stables, and exposure, acting upon the ani- 

 mal's natural heat, having exhausted the moisture, 

 whilst denial of water usually accompanies every 

 other species of mistreatment. 



Under " Description of Horse" in the first 

 column of his Register, the young student will, of 

 course, set down whether horse, mare, or gelding ; 

 its size, age, and colour. Perhaps state confor- 

 mation or built of the individual — whether lon°-- 

 bodied, hollow-backed, or roach-backed, thick 

 head, cat-hammed, &c. 



2d, " Disease.' 7 Add hereto doctor's name and 

 treatment, if known. 



3d. Bowels. Their general colour : mesentery. 

 Remarks on state of colon, ccecum, rectum, (open 

 this paunch) duodenum, and ileum. 



4th. Stomach. Open and turn out contents, ex- 

 amine the medicine herein and in the ccecum. Note 

 the gastric juice, the secretion whereof continues 

 long after life is extinct, if the animal has not suf- 

 fered long illness previous to dissolution; and 

 which, falling upon the lowermost exposed coats of 

 an empty stomach, there corrodes, and occasions 

 an opening, when its contents are found dispersed 



