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(as It Is cillcd) ; neither is it thought there h fo 

 much Danger in the Straiigles in Horfes, as in a 

 Quinfy in human Bodies, by rcafon the Mufcles of 

 the Larynx, or Wind-Pipe, are not fo much af- 

 flidled in the firft, as in Man : For in Horfes, the 

 Mufcles of the Tongue feem only to be touched 

 with the Diftemper, and therefore it is, that the 

 Matter comes naturally to have an external Di/- 

 charge. 



I have faid, that young Colts are moft fubje6l to The Stran- 

 the Strangles ; and, as I remember, Monfieur gles com- 

 Mle)fell, the French Farrier, compares this I^i^' ^J^^^J^ p^jj^ 

 temper in Colts to the Small-Pox in Children, and 

 he has taken Notice, that few Horfes are troubled 

 with it above once in their Life, unlefs the Matter 

 of the Strangles has been imperfe£lly caft off, and 

 that then indeed, it generally returns at fix, ten, or 

 twelve Years of Age. This Author farther ob- 

 ferv^es, that the Morhific or offending Matter is 

 fometimes caft off by the Limbs, and other Parts of 

 the Body, and more efpecially by thofe Members 

 that have been any way hurt or weakened ; for the 

 Humour or Matter of the Difeafe, by Tranfla- 

 tion, fooneft affedls the weakeft Parts. 



The laft Author mentioned, was very meanly 

 ikilled in the Anatomical Strufture or Make of a 

 Horfe, although he was a very diligent Obferver 

 of all manner of Accidents to which that Creature 

 is liable : If therefore he had been better acquainted 

 with Anatomy, his Accounts might have been 

 edifying as well as more inftruftive to his Readers. 

 For although this Diftemper of the Strangles be near 

 allyed to an external Quinfy, as to its Situation, 

 and alfo in many other Refpedls ; yet, no doubt, 

 as it moftly happens to Colts, it may ( not without 

 Reafon) bear an Affinity to the Small-Pox: For, 

 as the Blood of young Horfes may reafonably be 

 fuppofed equally Fluid, having not as yet been fuf- 

 ficiently comminuted, or divided by frequent Cir- 

 culations, therefore, while they are in this imper- 



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