CHAP. II.] OF THE IIORSE ? S INSIDE. 



CHAPTER II. 



Concerning the Horse's inside, of its conforma- 

 tion, the functions of the organs of life, and 

 the diseases to which each is liable: together 

 with outlines of the principles upon which the 

 cure is to be effected, 



18. Such, dear Reader, as we have endeavoured 

 to teach, being our view of the external frame or 

 structure of the horse, which we have termed his 

 built, we come, in the next place, to speak in a more 

 particular manner of his inside ; noticing, as we pass 

 on from one part of him to another, the seats and 

 causes of his diseases, with a view to their cure, 

 but referring you to the second book for the sepa- 

 rate treatment each requires. In the next chapter 

 will be found our reasons for following up the 

 principles herein laid down, by a line of practice, 

 at variance, in some material points^ with the 

 present mode of treating the animal in health as 

 well as in disease. 



Organs. — But, before we proceed to describe 

 those several parts of the horse's inside, there 

 appears to us an absolute necessity for previously 

 bringing the unlearned reader better acquainted 

 with a few general topics, that we may proceed 

 with the details smoothly and more intelligibly 



