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" 2. To the castration of males. 



"3. To the changes in diet and situation which 

 young horses undergo. 



"4. To the unusual fatigue which they undergo in 

 training : all circumstances which happen about that 

 period, and which add more or less to the activity of 

 the first and principal cause. 



" The fact before mentioned on the subject of 

 Southern horses, still comes in support of this opinion: 

 they are free from the Strangles when not castrated, 

 and left in their native country : but they lose this 

 advantage if they are castrated and taken young into 

 cold and humid climates ; where we find them placed 

 under the influence of the above causes. They do not 

 carry with them the germ of the complaint, but 

 they acquire it in the country to which they are 

 taken. 



" The errors in the treatment of Strangles have 

 ( hiefly attracted the attention of M. Rodet. In conse- 

 quence of the opinion that the Strangles being a poi- 

 son generated with the animal is an indispensable 

 complaint — a crisis which is necessary to take place — 

 it is generally believed that we ought to assist it as 

 much as possible ; above all, to be careful of checking 

 it by bleeding ; which, however, is the best means of 

 cure. 



" It is a great satisfaction to many people when a 

 horse with the Strangles has discharged well ; it is a 

 guarantee for his future health ; the more goes out, 

 the less remains, they think. This reasoning, which 

 appears singular to physiologists, is, however, without 

 any exaggeration that of many persons who are not 

 devoid of knowledge ; but who, upon this particular 

 subject, reason wrongly. Every day we hear amateurs 

 and officers of cavalry complaining to dealers that 



