158 EXAMINATION OF HORSES 
* sional derangement, causing spasm, and the. emission of 
a wheezing sound, and much distress in breathing. The 
horse is then called a “‘wheezer.” If this is long con- 
tinued, it is always followed by the same train of dismal 
symptoms as we have seen follows stricture of the larger 
tubes. 
With this outline, I hope you will have a good founda- 
tion on which to build your diagnostic structures; and 
if you think out the matter for yourselves, and so make 
it your own, you ought never to make any glaring mis- 
takes in this extremely intricate part of the examination. 
In conclusion, I may add that after trying the “ wind,” 
you are to have the horse backed towards you, whilst 
you stand twenty yards away, which will test the muscles 
of the back. Next have him turned round and round, 
on the same ground on which he is standing, to test his 
hind limbs. Let him now stand in a cool place for 
a time, and see him move afterwards. Finally, have 
his fore shoes removed. 
Now, gentlemen, I hope you have received a clear 
outline of how a horse may be tested for soundness ; 
and it will remain for you to omit any part of it you 
please, when you are so circumstanced (as at a fair or at 
a sale) as to be unable to carry it out in its integrity; 
but under all circumstances, when you cannot carry it 
out to the extent I have named, you will do well to let 
your employer know how much to expect from your 
examination, if such it can be called. 
