The Veterinarian, Volumen18

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1845
 

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Página 396 - Many a horse that has travelled without injury over a bleak country, has been suddenly seized with inflammation and fever, when he has, immediately at the end of his journey, been surrounded with heated and foul air. It is the sudden change of temperature, whether from heat to cold, or from cold to heat, that does the mischief, and yearly destroys a multitude of horses.
Página 265 - ... shall have power to order an examination of the horse's mouth by competent persons, and to call for all such evidence, as they may require, and their decision shall be final...
Página 452 - I am directed by the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 31st ultimo, enclosing a copy of a letter from Mr.
Página 60 - Has leapt from its inclosure, and compell'd This noble workmanship of nature thus To sink into a cold inactive clod. Nay, sneak not off" thus cowardly — poor fools ! Ye are as destitute of information As is the lifeless subject of my thoughts! The subject of my thoughts? — yes, there he lies, As free from life as if he ne'er had liv'd.
Página 59 - JB HEAV'N! what enormous strength does Death possess ! How muscular the giant's arm must be, To grasp that strong-bon'd horse, and, spite of all His furious efforts, fix him to the earth ! Yet, hold, he rises ! — no — the struggle's vain, His strength avails him not. Beneath the gripe Of the remorseless monster, stretch'd at length, He lies, with neck extended, head hard press'd Upon the turf where late he fed.
Página 306 - ... with the foot off the ground altogether. When he stands with his lame (hind) leg in advance of the sound one, the position generally indicates disease in or below the hock. A horse with acute pain in the fore feet will stand with his hind ones advanced beneath the body, resting first one fore foot and then the other, and every time he moves will rear up his head, and stretch out his neck in expression of the pain he suffers ; but should the pain be in both hind feet, he will stand with his fore...
Página 426 - except" there being every opportunity afforded the (honest) vender of stating what he may know invalidating the warranty, and thereby saving his reputation as well as screening himself from the probability of litigation afterwards. "With respect to what (oral) declarations of the seller will amount to a warranty, the primary rule for the interpretation of contracts in general is applicable.
Página 399 - Dr. Edwards also observes, that persons who live in caves and cellars, or in very dark and narrow streets, are apt to produce deformed children ; and that men who work in mines are liable to disease and deformity beyond what the simple closeness of the atmosphere would be likely to produce.
Página 399 - ... likewise as tending materially to render disease milder when it occurs, and more amenable to medical and other treatment. Dupuytren (I think) relates the case of a lady whose maladies had baffled the skill of several eminent practitioners. This lady resided in a dark room (into which the sun never...
Página 426 - ... the warranty is broken by a fault in the horse when delivered, although such defect was obvious at the time of sale ; and, as some splints cause lameness, and others do, not, a splint is not one of those plain defects against which a warranty will not indemnify ; and when a seller warrants a horse sound at the time of sale...

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