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sets in, and each state can be traced to no obvious reason. The straw 
or litter may be eaten ravenously, but all the wholesome provender ob- 
stinately refused. The dung shows the condition of the appropriating 
functions; it crumbles upon the slightest force being imposed; it appears 
to consist of fibers not agglutinated together. Sometimes it is coated 
with mucus, and always smells abhorrently. A dry cough may be pres- 
ent; the visible membranes are pallid; the mouth feels cool; the breath 
is tainted; the eyes are sunken; the respiration is catching; the belly is 
pendulous; the anus is lax and prominent; the coat dry and ragged; 
while the body quickly becomes emaciated. 
A HORSE WITH CHRONIC GASTRITIS INDULGING ITS MORBID APPETITE. 
The slightest exertion produces a thick and copious sweat. The 
symptom, however, which is most remarkable, when the cleanly habits 
natural to the animal are considered, is the peculiarity of the appetite. 
The rack and manger are generally neglected; but every unnatural or 
offensive substance, within reach of the extended jaws, is devoured with 
avidity. Woodwork has largely disappeared. Soil and stones have 
been removed from the stomachs of creatures destroyed for incurable 
disease. Hither of the substances last named, however, are usually 
spared, so long as a morsel of plaster, a portion of mortar or of brick, is 
within reach. Animals, when in the field, will leave the grass and enter 
any ditch to gnaw at bricks and mortar. When confined, they will, 
under the morbid influence of this affection, employ themselves for hours 
searching for a morsel of either among the straw. 
The old custom of purging and bleeding for a case of this kind is posi- 
tively injurious. It is better to administer bitters, alkalies, and seda- 
tives;—the first, to amend the appetite; the second, to correct the 
acidity of the morbid secretion; the third, to destroy the uneasy sensa- 
tion which provokes too many of the symptoms. 
