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never lies down, unless so much weakened as 

 to be incapable of standing. The disease, 

 however, is not always so rapid in its progress 

 as we have here described it, and not nnfre- 

 quently a considerable remission may be ob- 

 served, which is occasioned probably by an 

 effusion of serum or water having taken place 

 in the chest ; and this remission is sometimes 

 so conspicuous, that w^e are led to give a fa- 

 vourable prognosis, the horse beginning to 

 feed again, and the pulse becoming less fre- 

 quent. But this flattering appearance often 

 proves fallacious, the disease soon returns with 

 accumulated force, and puts a period to the 

 animal's life. I have seen cases, where bleed- 

 ing has not been performed with sufficient 

 freedom, in which the inflammation beinsr 

 checked in some degree, at length terminated 

 in a plentiful effusion of water in the chest ; 

 when this happens, the horse returns to his 

 food, looks more lively, and, in short, the 

 symptons of fever in a great measure dis- 

 appear. There remains, notwithstandiiig, an 

 unusual quickness in respiration, generallv ac- 

 companied with a cough; the hind legs swell, 

 and the horse verv rarelv lies down; a roush 

 unhealthy appearance may also be observed in 



