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perhaps will continue in this' state for some 

 time, and no serious consequences are appre- 

 hended; its cause and seat are seldom sus- 

 pected; medicines are given to remove the 

 cough, with common alteratives for the purpose 

 of improving his condition. 



In some instances these insects are spon- 

 taneously detached, and expelled through the 

 intestines : in such cases, if the stomach have 

 not been much hurt by them, it will gradually 

 recover, and the horse be restored to his ori- 

 i>:inal streno^th i\nd condition. When this does 

 not occur, these worms produce so much mis- 

 chief in the stomach, as to throw the whole 

 system into disorder. The lungs are parti- 

 cularly liable to sympathise with the stomach 

 in this case, and frequently become inflamed 

 in consequence. The inflammation thus pro- 

 duced in the lungs is extremely obstinate; and 

 though it may be checked in some degree by 

 bleedino; and the other remedies we have re- 

 commended for that disease, yet as the cause 

 cannot often be removed, it generally, I be- 

 lieve, terminates fatally. This symptomatic 

 inflammation of the lungs may be distinguished 

 from the idiopathic or original, by the following 

 criterion: — It is generally preceded by an 



