CHAP. II.] SIGN OF DISEASE : APPEARANCE. 109 



subjects, which successively fell to our lot to ex- 

 amine as to the immediate cause of death, only two, 

 tolerably sound at the lungs, presented themselves ; 

 which we take to be the fair proportion of sound 

 horses, as respects the lungs, of all that live or die. 

 All those cases occurred from February to May, a 

 season when such an affection might not be con- 

 sidered most prevalent. Hence we conclude, from 

 all that has been said, that a tolerable good guess 

 at the state of a horse's lungs may be formed, by 

 smelling at his breath after a canter, in like manner 

 as our Smithneld dealers smell the animals' nos- 

 trils, in order to detect the glanders. 



From what has been said, it follows, that a dis- 

 eased stomach may be produced by diseased lungs, 

 and vice versa, and that the midriff suffers in either 

 case : then does the midriff become livid, purplish, 

 and inflamed, with dark-coloured stripes, as if thick- 

 ened at such places, the muscular border thereof 

 assuming a putrid appearance, and sending forth a 

 villainous stench. When this is the case, or any 

 other ailment prevents the midriff from performing 

 its proper function of inhaling and expelling the 

 air from the lungs, that species of " broken wind" 

 takes place which is known by the sort of breath- 

 ing wherein the expirations are quicker than the 

 inspirations ; being thus contradistinguished from 

 that other species of broken wind, which is oc- 

 casioned by rupture of the air cells. A paralysis 

 of the midriff, or the adhesion of the stomach to 

 its lower side, is equally obstructive of its re-action 



