514 STAGGERS. 



plex the mind and confound the judgment, 

 misleading his readers by repeated attempts 

 to prove the distinct existence of all these 

 separate diseases ; though at the conclusion 

 of each description, he acknowledges they 

 are nearly synonimous, and come directly 

 under the same methods of cure. 



This is absolutely the fact brought into the 

 compass of truth, and will exculpate me from 

 the accusation of neglect or deception in not 

 treating separately upon such diseases ; and 

 by introducing a train of imaginary symp- 

 toms, endeavour to give the appearance of 

 weight to what must be termed a mere matter 

 of conjecture. As they are disorders that 

 luckily happen but seldom, I shall confine 

 myself to their description and treatment as 

 the staggers and convulsions only ; the in- 

 structions necessary for the manageirient of 

 those beiiig universally admitted adequate 

 to the intentional cure of the long list of et 

 cceteras. 



Horses, upon the approach of any of those 

 disorders, whose seat is directly in the brain, 

 or nervous system, display a previous weak- 

 ness and inactivity, seeming to move reluc- 



