Chap. XXVII. Of Broken-winded Cafes. 9$ 



will heave and work moft impetuoufly upon ExercKe, 

 yet even when he ftands in the Stable, there is no Interval 

 free from that Agitation, but he ftill labours more or 

 lefs. 



Now a Horfe is faid to have his Wind What Horfes 

 touch'd or broke, according to the Nature are properly de- 

 and Degree of Efficacy in the Diftsmper ; f^''^^ «"« '-^"^ 

 for fome Horfes will laft a great while with ^'"*^- 

 Infirmities of this Kind, and Continue at the fime Pals, 

 and do abundance of Service, and yet be abfolutely incu- 

 rable ; fome wafte and decline gradually, and others very 

 fuddenly ; all which we fhall endeavour to explain. 



The Diforders that afFed the Wind of a Horfe, yet not 

 fo as to caufe a fudden Wafte and Decay, are chiefly of 

 two Kinds. 



In the Firji, Tho' a Horfe has no Intervals free from a 

 Working and Agitation of his Flanks, yet if he coughs but 

 feldom, and has no Moifture proceeding from his Nofe, 

 nor does wafte in his Body, it is a Sign that his Infirmity 

 proceeds from fome obftinate Obftrudions in the fmall 

 Yeflels of the Lungs, or from chalky Matter ingender'd in 

 them, which hinders the Air from paflifig into all the little 

 Air Bladders, fo that they cannot be fully inflated and di- 

 ftended, or it may be caus'd by fome Adhefion to the Pleu- 

 ra and Ribs^ for then the Lungs cannot be fufficiently de- 

 prefs'd ; and a Horfe in this Condition muft have his No- 

 ftrils frequently contracted in fucking in the Air, but will 

 never Breathe out freely. 



The next is different from the former, and fhews itfelf 

 by other diftinguifliing Signs ; for, as in the firft Cafe, a 

 Horfe feldom coughs but when in Exercife, or when his 

 Stomach and Guts are full ; in the laft, a Horfe will cough 

 pretty often, but efpecially upon every flight Cold, and at 

 the fame time is frequently troubled with a Wheezing, an4 

 Rattling in his Pipes ; all which proceeds from a thick mu- 

 cilaginous Matter fticking in the Branches of the Wind- 

 pipe, that not only muft occafion frequent Coughing, 

 but alfo caufe a conftant heaving and working of the 

 Flanks. 



The Diforders that caufe a total Decay, and which may 

 not improperly be faid to conftitute a Confumption, are 

 alfo reducible to two Kinds : The firft is, when there is 

 a Wafte occafioned by an Over-relaxation in the glan- 

 dulous Parts, and a too great Difcharge of the Juices, 



which 



