New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-14
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY, JANUARY H. 1883

required for even moderately rapid WORK, that too
much care came be had 10 detec. it 10 needless to
say that horse with the slightest imperecton Of his
lungs, winappe, breathing apparatus, ought at
10 be rejected; there is hope Of It's deereas
ing, being cured or pallsted, either by rect or by
work; but, on the contrary an absolute certainty Of
| it. growing worse day by day, and the more the
faster and more regularly the animal worked until it
| becomes absolutely broken-winded and lselese.
In this stage Of the disease il needs DO examination
to de,ec. it, when st work. the loud, sobbing breath
ard the laborous heavng and jerking collapse of the
flank, show it too plainly to be mistaken Il caused
by rupture of some Of the air-cers Of the lungs and
the inspiration Of the ar il readily effected by the sn
NAL at single effort usual; but the expiration of
the air. from the rupture and ragged shape Of the cav
tes into which it has been admitted, requires double
effort and when the disease is in IFS worst foI1n even
two efforts insufficient fully 20 exclude il. Broken
wind is accompanied with hard, husky cough, which
is not easily described but cannot be mistaken by any
one who s used TO horses. Brokenwinded horses can
never be cured since !, s not in the power Of human
art 10 build up and restore broken-dowu and dsOr-
ganized structure; but there jockey tricks by
which they be far paliaed 90 to be made TO dis
appear, for two three days time, under any mod
crate observation. But let the horse be galloped q
hundred yards q. his best up hill Yet his rider spring
quickly TO the ground, and sppy his to the chest
and the double expiration will be clearly heard, even
if the TANKS do not showas however in ninety csses
out of hundred they will, by their jerking and la
borious colapse-the extent of the affection. The mi
nor and secondary notifications of this disease are
thick wind, roaring, wheeling, and whisting-all Of
which, more less certainly, degenerate into broken
wind and are to be carefully looked for and when de-
tected, resoutely avoided. They all arise from dis
eased or DISTRACTED condition of some Of the air pas
sages, whether of the lungs Themselves the wndppe,
the bronchial tubes, or the nostrs. Thick wind is
produced by insufficient space for the play Of the
lungs or fer the issue of the air through the bronchial
tubes, owing to the thcken;ng Of their lining
const quent on previous inflammation. 1t produces Ia
borious breathing, only effected by prodgous ezertOn
of the lungs often extends almost 70 sufocation, and
nearly always leads to broken wind, or total dsOrgan-
izaton Of the structure of the lungs-of some portion
or ramfcaton Of which indicates either originally
faulty formation, or diseased condition
Roaring is modification of thick wind produced by
the existence Of ring of coaguated matter, or OF
thickenDg of portion of the mucous membrane,
within the windpipe, which produces contraction OF
that passage and preventing the regular issue OF the
breath renders exertiOn necessary to expel Il,
and causes loud putting or roaring sound similar to
that Of strong and hoarse exhalaons, the inhalation
being noiseless. Roaring occurs on sudden motion.
Wheeling is modification Of roaring and is produced,
il would seem, by the Judgment of mucous mater IN
the bronchial tubes. 1t differs from roaring IN that 1t
exists even when the animal is wholly at rest, and IN
his stable.
Whistlng is a second modification Of roaring, from
which it differs in that the noise produced Is shriller,
and that it does not occur sudden, but only after
continuous motion. II is supposed 10 be caused by
contraction Of the larynx.
Animals subject to any OF these diseases speedhy
become exhausted by ererton, even while the disease
lie in it's original state apart from the distressing sound
which they produce. All the forms ere liable to de-
generate into the worst form OF broken wind and all
constitute an unsoundness for which horse warranted
sound is returnable. The modes of detecting these
diseases are various but simple and easy Of execution
The first is by grasping the horses throat from the
front and forciby COMPRISING the mouth OF the arynx
20 as TO compel him to cough. sound horse will
cough once and recover his wind, with clear, sono-
rous inhalation and exhalaton. The diseased horse
will utter broken, ragged rafting cough and recover
his breath with long, wheeling and ahorious rde.
This sign is nfabe; and the degree of labor and diff
fcul,y will certainly indicate the degree of the affec-
tion A roarer may be detected, even in the stable,
by approaching him suddenly and hitting him an I'M
expected slap the belly, when he will utter loud
grunt not unfrequenty accompanied by stulent ere.
ptus When the affection il confirmed roaring, 1t will
manifest itself when he is put to his speed buff he is
merely whistler the noise is particularly
when the disease ia only its ncpen state, by the clat-
ter of the hoofs. msy however, always edeected by
the rider suddenly putting him up after long sharp
gaop, and listening with his inclined forward and
downward, and brought close to the wndppe; or, If he
be not readily able to accomplish this position while
mounted which he may not be able to do If not
praciced rider by dismOunting quickly aud listening
with his ear applied to the neck near its junction with
the head If the whisting be bad, it will be heard
even without this precauton, and will continue Tor
some seconds or even minutes after the motion OF the
animal has ceased; but this method of auscutaon
will detect il in s smallest and NEST ncpient stage.
There is no point in which yro in horse purchasing IL
70 likely TO be deceived in the wind. 1t requires,
therefore the utmost precauton to detect it; and the
most positive determination when is detected, even
in the slightest modification to reject the animal how
ever otherwise ireproschable.
We had expected to conclude the list OF defects 70 ne
avoided in this paper but much remains to be sara
on the diseases and affections of the legs and ieet 'ha'
we must defer our remarks on them TO future occa
sion.
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