. Diseases in the American stable, field and farmyard : containing a familiar description of diseases, their nature, cause and symptoms, the most approved method of treatment, and the properties and use of remedies, with directions for preparing them. Veterinary medicine; Horses. RESPIRATION. 153 Quinsy.—A name given to sore throat. (See Dis- temper and Influenza.) ftuittor. This term is used in England for a disease in the foot of a fistulous character. (See Toot Dis- eases.). "QuiTTOR Syringe, with Rings. To be used with one ; Rabies.—(See Hydrophobia.) RacMtis.—A disease of t
. Diseases in the American stable, field and farmyard : containing a familiar description of diseases, their nature, cause and symptoms, the most approved method of treatment, and the properties and use of remedies, with directions for preparing them. Veterinary medicine; Horses. RESPIRATION. 153 Quinsy.—A name given to sore throat. (See Dis- temper and Influenza.) ftuittor. This term is used in England for a disease in the foot of a fistulous character. (See Toot Dis- eases.). "QuiTTOR Syringe, with Rings. To be used with one ; Rabies.—(See Hydrophobia.) RacMtis.—A disease of the bones of young animals, and is due to a deficiency of earthy matter, (lime,) which causes the bones to yield, being too soft. In colts of the first year, some cases will be observed to stand so close at the knees, that one joint touches the other, which give the fore legs a curious looking twist, with the feet turned out, and the knees bent in. Colts so afi'ected soon get well when they are supplied with good, nutritious food, in which the phosphate of lime predominates. Rachitis, (pronounced racketis,) in old horses, is seldom seen; and when it is, it is in the bones of the back or lumber ver- tebrae, and is characterized by swellings of an irregular kind, with water oozing from them, and is called hydro- rachitis or spina-bifida. Horses so afi'ected, are not fit for work with weight upon the back. (See Deformities.) Resolution—Is the most favorable termination of in- flammation, and leaves the inflamed part in the same state )ndition in which it was before it was attacked. or coi Respiration.—The alternate inspiration and expira- tion of air, performed for the purpose of exchanging the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McClure, Robert. Philadelphia : Porter
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