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' 1 HIS disease attacks Horses of different ages, though most cora- 

 inonl J those from one to five years old. 



It seems^ like some diseases which affect the human species, (for 

 instance. Small Pox, Measles, and Hooping- Cough) to attack the 

 animal only once ; and it would appear that few, if any Horses, 

 escape the disorder at some period or other of their lives, though 

 when it attacks aged Horses, the disease appears in a mitigated 

 form, and is called Yives. The Strangles rarely or ever proves 

 fatal, but many Horses are reduced by the complaint, to a slate of 

 excessive weakness, from which they are witli great difficulty reco- 

 vered. The nature and local situation of the disease, are quite 

 sufficient of themselves .to account for the emaciation and dispirited- 

 ness which take place, but these symptoms are often aggravated> 

 by the injudicious treatment which the animal is subjected to. The 

 first attack of the Strangles is commonly attended with a Cough. 

 Soreness of the Throat, accompanied with external swelling about 

 the swallow., and an enlargement of the Glands under tjie Jaw. 



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