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charge from both nostrils, with a choking kind 

 of cough. When the abscess forms and bursts 

 inwardly, it is called bastard strangles — though 

 other forms of the complaint, and when it 

 hangs long upon the horse, also come under 

 that name. Sometimes during the strangle- 

 fever an abscess, or, perhaps two, will form, 

 not under the channel, but in some part of 

 the body, such as the thigh, groin, &c. : this, 

 fortunately, rarely occurs, as it renders the 

 complaint very puzzling. True strangles, from 

 mismanagement, may run into bastard stran- 

 gles, and that into glanders ; but bastard stran- 

 gles has never the good luck to run into true 

 strangles. 



Treatment. — The strangle-fever, either with or 

 without a cold, is to be treated the same as under 

 " Cold," feeding on warm bran mashes, green food, 

 sliced carrots, &c. ; and if there is sore-throat, 

 the same as under " Sore Throat." The true 

 strangles is to be treated the same ; but as the 

 bleeding delays the abscess forming, he is not 

 to be bled, unless the ears and legs remain cold, 

 which shows that the lungs are becoming slightly 

 affected. A tobra (not the one he eats out 

 of) should be kept constantly half full of bran 

 mash, and hot water poured on it every hour: 



