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let his food be changed to dry meat, in three or four days his 
breathing will become as much embarrassed as ever: the interval 
of remission, however, may be seized on as the favourable mo¬ 
ment to dispose of the animal. But, not only green meat; dry 
soft food will have the same effect.” 
“ Furthermore, there are medicines that will take the effect 
also : and a dealer might have recourse to them to alter the 
respiration, and then attribute the alteration to some other 
cause—as to a cold, or to fatigue, See.” 
“ Some persons have contended that broken-winded horses 
ought not to be considered unsound, because under many cir¬ 
cumstances they can do all that is required of them. But, if 
they can work, the duration of their work is at all times percep¬ 
tibly diminished: so that if a man buys a horse six or seven 
years of age, and calculates on his services for six or seven years 
longer (barring accident), and pays a price accordingly, should 
the horse turn out broken-winded, his malady might so increase 
in the course of a few months, as to render the animal unfit for 
the purpose for which he was bought: the conclusion naturally 
is, that the purchaser has been deceived—that he would not have 
paid so much for the animal, had he been aware of his defect.” 
u Should it be a dealer who has purchased the horse, he has 
bought him for re-sale, and for gain; and should the animal turn 
out broken-winded, he will lose, in place of gaining, upon his bar¬ 
gain : in which case, the horse certainly cannot be said to have 
answered the end for which he was purchased.” 
“ There may arise also (it may be said) some doubts as to the 
altered or embarrassed respiration which amounts to broken-wind. 
But not, I apprehend, to an experienced person: to him it always 
indicates a particular affection. And even if that be not discover¬ 
able, it is sufficient for him that it is the external symptom of in¬ 
ternal disorder; although the general health and condition of the 
animal may appear unaffected.” 
“ Many acute affections cause the animal to heave at the 
flanks. The first inquiiy to be made, is, whether the horse has 
his health or not; because, in that case, his disordered respira¬ 
tion is for certain of a chronic nature: but, should the animal be 
in ill health, of course he must be considered as a sick horse, and 
he will require treatment before his case can be decided on.” 
“ An appalling difficulty, however, of this description may pre¬ 
sent itself. A person buys a horse, for instance, and afterwards 
suspects him to be broken-winded. A veterinarian is called in, 
finds disordered respiration, and the animal, otherwise, in ill health. 
B y care and proper treatment the animal recovers his health, and 
his respiration becomes tranquillized ; and the veterinarian then 
