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Molten grease, therefore, is not to be con- 

 sidered as a distinct disease ; but only as a 

 symptom, which sometimes appears in general 

 wflammadon, or fever : it happens more 

 frequently however in the latter. When a 

 horse labours under fever or general in- 

 flammation, we most commonly find some 

 of the internal organs more affected than 

 others. When there is a difficulty of breathing, 

 the flanks moving with unusual, quickness and 

 the nostrils expanded, it indicates an affection 

 of the lungs ; when molten grease appears, it 

 shows, that the mucous rri.embrane of the bowels 

 is more particularly alTected : sometimes both. 



nent teachers, Dr. Baillie, Messrs. Cline, Abemethy, and Cooper, 

 to acknowledge that Mr. L.'s description is really an afcswrdifi/j 

 and affords a convincing proof ol his incompetency either to 

 teach or practice the Veterinary Art. 



1 am sorry to find myself under the necessity of making this 

 . remark ; but, as an opinion so erroneouis must lead to practical 

 errours, I feel it a dnty so to do. And I must beg leave to add, 

 that what Mr. Lti'-vrence has since Avritten on the disease, his 

 explai^ation oi \vhat he terms an wad.vert€nt inaccuracy in his 

 description, his satirieai remarks on Mr. Blaine, and hit, attempt 

 to show, that Mr. Biain^ in his explanation of the disease meant 

 to offer it to the public as a discovery of his own, and that Osmer- 

 who wrote about 176'5 had nMfic/pwterfhlra, appears to me a strong 

 coufirmation of Mr. Blaine's accurate knowledge of the animal 

 economy, aud of Mr. L.'8 total ignorsiice of the sxibject, 



