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range his coat. Depones, That a horse with the disease described 
would not be playful and active at his work, and eat well, till 
within a fortnight or three weeks of his death. Depones, That 
if a horse were hard worked in the month of November, till he 
was put into a profuse sweat, and had then a large quantity of 
cold water given to him, this would be extremely apt to produce 
inflammation of the lungs, or of the kidneys or intestines. 
Depones, That a horse may be seized with inflammation, and 
adhesion of the parts take place, and a swelling or protuberance 
be found, and the horse die in consequence, all in the course of 
two or three weeks from its first commencement. Depones, That 
change of diet, situation, and general management, is often the 
cause of inflammation. Depones, That inflammation of the lungs 
may cause them to swell beyond their natural size. Depones, 
That no growing or tumour can take place on the lungs without 
previous inflammation. Depones, That inflammation cannot take 
place, to such an extent as to produce tumour or grow'ing on the 
lungs, without producing corresponding symptoms, which might 
at least be detected by a professional man. Depones, That there 
is no way of ascertaining the existence of inflammation, or any 
internal disease in a horse, independent of the pulse, state of his 
appetite, regularity of the functions of his viscera, and symptoms 
of pain exhibited. Depones, That a large growing on the lungs 
of a horse must necessarily affect his respiration. Depones, That 
inflammation may take place in the lungs of a horse, and his intes¬ 
tines be free of it, and appear to be clean and healthy, and he 
might die of that disease, without the bowels being affected. De¬ 
pones, That a young horse is less apt to have tumours or growths 
on the intestines than an old one. Depones, That if he were 
called to prescribe for a horse labouring under disease in the 
bowels, such as cholic and grippings, he would consider it ineffi¬ 
cient treatment to prescribe half an ounce of laudanum, and half 
an ounce of nitre, and to give the horse some clysters, taking only 
a small quantity of blood from him. Depones, That if next day 
he found the horse still getting worse, he would not have con¬ 
tented himself with taking two and a half Scotch pints of blood 
from him, but would have repeated the bleeding. Depones, That 
he considers laudanum a proper medicine for grippings, but that 
half an ounce is too small a quantity to be of any service, and 
that nitre is of no consequence, and that neither is at all calcu¬ 
lated to act as a purgative. Depones, That difficulty of dunging 
is a common attendant of inflammation of the lungs, and grip¬ 
ping pains occasionally. Depones, That gripping pains and diffi¬ 
culty of dunging, are the most frequent symptoms of ])eriton8eal 
inflammation. Depones, That inflammation in the bowels may 
