•25$ COMPENDIUM OF THE VETERINARY ART, 



it is generally allowed that a uniform temper- 

 ature in a stable is very desirable; and it is 

 certain that many of the diseases of horses are 

 caused by sudden changes in this respect. 

 Even slight variations of temperature, if 

 frequent, are injurious; yet few stables are to 

 be found where this inconvenience is effectually 

 guarded against. To accomplish this desirable 

 purpose, the windows should be in different 

 sides, so that when a cold wind blows from any 

 point, it may be shut out, while fresh air is 

 admitted by the opposite window. There 

 should be several of the apertin*es we have 

 described in the ceiling, that they may be 

 occasionally shut either wholly or pa.rtially, 

 so that, by means of these and the windows, 

 the temperature can at any season be easily 

 rc<]:ulated, accordino; to the weather, or state 

 of the horse's health, more accurately if a 

 thermometer be kept — an instrument which 

 appears to me a necessary appendage to a 

 well conducted stable. If during the cold 

 days of winter the contrivance we have pro- 

 posed should be founcl insufficient to raise the 

 temperature of the stable to the desired point, 

 the air may be easily warmed to any degree 



