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the readiest way, and give physic aflerward;!. This ap- 

 phcatiou never mils. 



STRANGLES. 



Symptoms. — A swelling commences between the up- 

 per part of tho two juw-bones, or a little lower down to- 

 wards ihs chin, and directly underneath the tongue. A 

 cough, and the discharge of a white thick matter from 

 the nostrils Ibllow, with great heat, pain, and tension of 

 the tumors, and of all the adjacent membranes, to such 

 a degree that the animal can scarcely swallow. The 

 eyes send forth a watery humor, and the animal nearly 

 closes the lid ; this is mostly the case when it happens 

 that the two larger glands under the ear are affected also 

 which frequently happens ; but when these latter are dis- 

 ordered Vv'ithout the nnimal having the strangles, we then 

 say he has the vives. The .swelling increases and usu- 

 ally bursts of itself, sometimes without being perceived 

 by any one. This last happens to colts and fillies at 

 gras6, when their wants are little attended to, and they 

 seldom fail of doing Vv^ell. Attacks in the open air aro 

 milder than those obstinate cases we meet v/ith among 

 in-door cattle, 'i he horses that are kept in-doors accu- 

 mulate gioss humors, by living on dry food and lying 

 on soft beds, without sufRcicnt exercise to carry off the 

 effects of either. 



Frequently, the feverish symptoms run high, loss of 

 appetite follows with constipation of (he bowels, the 

 horse can neither drink nor eat, and the pulse increases. 

 The tumors in these bad cases will bo found to have ris- 

 en nearer the jaw-bone than they do in a mild attack, 

 and are longer in coming to maturity than those which 

 begin more towards the middle. The disorder is seldom 

 fatal ; but when this does happen, the animal dies of suf- 

 focation, in which case it stands with the nose thrust out, 

 the nostrils distended ; the breathing is then exceeding 

 laborious and difficult, and accompanied by rattling in 

 the throat. 



Cure. — For this last mentioned extreme case, no oth- 

 er remedy is found than making an opening in the wind- 

 pipe, through which the animal may breathe. For this 

 spirited operation, I must refer to Mr. Field, the vete- 

 fiUi^vy surgion, who has performed it frequently, and says 



