This is breathing when the time of movement of air during inhalation and expulsion lasts a long time so that the force has the opportunity to dispose of a large amount of air. Sometimes large and rapid breathing is prevented by pain or narrowness of the passages; in this case, duration takes the place of great magnitude and speed, so that the entire amount of inhaled air is completely consumed.
Short breathing is the opposite of long breathing. If it is accompanied by frequency, then it means that its cause is pain in the respiratory organ and adjacent places, and if it is combined with rarity, then this indicates the death of innate warmth.
Rapid breathing is breathing in which the breathing movements are performed in a short time when the need arises, not as with short or small breathing. Its cause is a strong need, in which a large breath does not provide a sufficient amount of air, either because the need is greater than what can be achieved by a large breath, or if something interferes with a large breathing, similar to what was said about the pulse: this obstacle is inherent either in an instrument-organ or in force. Speed is sometimes more evident in one movement than in another, like what was said about big breathing.