. "Quittor Syringe, with Rings. To be used with one ; Babies.—(See Hydrophobia.) Rachitis.—A disease of the bones of young animals, due to a deficiency of earthy matter, (lime,) which causes the bones to yield, being too soft. In colts of the first year, some will be observed to stand so close at the knees, that one joint touches the other, which gives the fore legs a curious looking twist, with the feet turned out, and the knees bent in. Colts so affected soon get well when they are supplied with good, nutritious food, in which the phosphate of lime predominates. Rachitis, (pro
. "Quittor Syringe, with Rings. To be used with one ; Babies.—(See Hydrophobia.) Rachitis.—A disease of the bones of young animals, due to a deficiency of earthy matter, (lime,) which causes the bones to yield, being too soft. In colts of the first year, some will be observed to stand so close at the knees, that one joint touches the other, which gives the fore legs a curious looking twist, with the feet turned out, and the knees bent in. Colts so affected 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 lumbar vertebrae, is char- acterized by swellings of an irregular kind, with water oozing from them, and is called hydro-rachitis or spina-bifida. Horses so affected are not fit for work with weight upon the back. (See Deformities.) Resolution.—This is the most favorable termination of inflammation, and leaves the inflamed part in the same state or condition in which it was before it was attacked. Respiration.—The alternate inspiration and expiration of air, performed for the purpose of exchanging the hydrogen and carbon for oxygen. The air being brought in contact with the blood, as it circulates through the lungs, the oxygen unites with it, and the nitrogen and carbonic acid gas is returned by expiration. The oxygen and some of the inhaled air is united in the lungs with
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