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3d. Imperfection in the Iker or pancreas^ or 

 obstruct ion in the tubes or ducts, by wh'ich their 

 respective juices are conveyed to the bo-xcls. 

 (See Anatomy of Internal Organs.) The liver 

 is not often diseased in the horse, unless it hu 

 from internjil inflammation. Wlien the ex* 

 lerior surface of the bowels or stomach is at- 

 tacked by inflammation, it will spread, if not 

 speedily checked b}- bleeding, &c., to the stir- 

 fuce of the liver, and other internal parts ^ 

 and when horses, die from this disease, which 

 they often do from improper treatment, the 

 liver is generally found inflamed or mortified 

 throuiihout its whole substance : but this is an 

 acute disease, and therefore not connected 

 with the present subject. (See Ir/iammaticn 

 of the Livei^.) It sometimes happens, how- 

 ever, that a horse becomes weak and lean, 

 either from a deficiency or a redundancy of 

 'bile. In the former ease, digestion will be 

 imperfect, and the horse frequently costive ; 

 tlie appetite will be bad, the animal languid 

 and sluggiih, and generally hidebound, the 

 coat looking rough and unhealthy. The best 

 remedv in this case is to give small doses of 

 calomel, soap, and aloes, as recommended in 

 jaundice, so as to keep the bowels in a more 



