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pended, and from the great sympathy between 

 the stomach and the brahi, a degree of apoplexy 

 is produced, terminating in dehrium and death. 

 In the language of farriery, this disease is deno- 

 minated the staggers, and the foregoing is most 

 probably its true source. At the same time a 

 jaundice, or a circulation of the bile through 

 the blood vessels, takes place, and it is possible 

 that this arises also from the pressure of the 

 stomach against the hepatic vessels preventing 

 the bile from flowing into the duodenum. 

 Thus it will be found that the jaundice almost 

 always accompanies the staggers. 



Waggon, stage, and post-horses are most 

 subject to the staggers, and, on this account, the 

 disease is supposed to be infectious, as it fre- 

 quently carries off several in the same stable. 

 But as horses of the above description stand to- 

 gether without any partition, it will not be irra- 

 tional to conclude that the disease arises from 

 the cause before-mentioned. For in every case 



where 



