2^6 COMPENDIUM OF THE VETERINARY ART. 



attention than that of ventilation, or of having 

 contrivances for the ready admission of fresh 

 air, and for the escape of that which has been 

 rendered impure by breathing; and it is really 

 extraordinary that so little attention should 

 have been paid to so important a circumstance. 

 Grooms in general make a point of closing 

 every apertiu*e they can find; and if at any 

 time they are prevailed upon to open a 

 >vindo\v, it is commonly so small, and so 

 inconvenientlj situate, as to be but of little 

 service. Let any one for a moment consider 

 how foul an atmosphere must be produced, in 

 ii close stable in which several horses are kept, 

 by the constant exhalation of unwholesome 

 vapours from the litter, by the steams of per- 

 .spiration from tlie skin, and by noxious airs 

 from the lungs; and he will not be surprised 

 at the long catalogue of diseases, to which this 

 improper treatment must subject these useful 

 animals. 



If a doubt remain in the mind of any one 

 as to the impropriety of such close stables, 

 let him enter one early in the morning, on its 

 being first opened, and he will experience 

 such a painful sensation in the eyes, and so. 

 'violent a cough, as will afford him the most 



