THE STRANGLES. 93 



CHAP. XIX. 



OF THE STRANGLES. 



The strangles is a disease to which most young 

 horses are subject, at one time or other. It gene- 

 rally begins with an inflammatory swelling of the 

 glands or kernels under the ears, and betwixt 

 the jaw-bone, which extends to the muscles of the 

 tongue, and causes great heat, pain, and difliculty 

 of swallowing. 



The internal symptoms arc, a feverish heat 

 throughout the body, a painful cough, a running 

 of thick matter at the nose, a great thirst, attended 

 with extreme difficulty to drink ; some horses en- 

 tirely lose their appetite, and others eat very 

 sparingly. The inflammation, or swelling, gene- 

 rally appears under the ears, or on the inside of 

 the jaw-bone, sometimes in the middle, betwixt 

 the jaws, under the tongue-roots, the upper part 

 of the throat, called the larynx, or the head of 

 the windpipe, or gullet. When this last part is 

 affected, he breathes quick, and holds out his nose 

 and head constantly in the same position, his eyes 

 appearing as though they were fixed in his head. 

 The running at the nose sometimes continues 



