2 COMPENDIUM OF THE VETERINARY ART. 



animal economy. It appears necessary there- 

 fore, as an introduction to this work, to give a 

 sketch of the anatomy of those internal organs, 

 and to point out the various functions they per- 

 form ; after which it will be proper to give a 

 general description of inflammation, w^ith its 

 different modes of termination. 



We sometimes, however, meet with diseases 

 which seem to originate in debility ; but many 

 of these will be found, if carefully attended to 

 at the commencement, to begin with some 

 degree of increased action of the system ; and 

 though bleeding may be improper, a mild 

 purgative will generally prove very bene- 

 ficial. 



In the former editions of this work, scarcely 

 anv notice was taken of these diseases: we 

 shall, in the present, therefore, describe parti- 

 cularly, under the head Fever ^ their symptoms, 

 causes, and most effectual mode of treatment. 



STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE 

 INTERNAL ORGANS. 



The hollow part of the body is divided into 

 two cavities by a strong muscular partition 



