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labour, and the nourifhing diet of the ftable, at 

 leaft before they arrive at five years ; yet I have 

 both known unbroken colts feized with it in the 

 fields, and horfes which have efcaped it during 

 their lives. Among colts at grafs it has pro- 

 bably been fometimes contagious* It is the 

 cuftom to fuifer a colt to run it off at grafs ; 

 but I (hould much rather prefer the taking 

 him up inftantly into warm keep, and proper 

 care, left the difcharge fhould be checked by 

 the repulfive property of the cold air, and a 

 part of the difeafe, from infufficientfolution, be 

 left in the habit to re-appear in time, under 

 the guife and denomination of Vives. Bracken 

 feems inclined, under fome circumftances, to 

 repel the ftrangles ; but thofe only in which it 

 could poffibly be fafe practice, in my opinion, 

 are, when the tumour or tumours are fmall, 

 phlegmatic, and difinclined to fuppuration. 

 They may then be treated with repellents as 

 the Vives, alterative or purgative medicines 

 being joined. This is no very uncommon cafe 

 even with colis. 



The figns of the approach of this difeafe, are 

 thrufting out of the nofe, hoarfe cough, feveriili 

 heat, hot breath, heavy, and languid eyes, dif- 

 ficulty in deglutition. A fwelHng appears be- 

 tween the jaw-bones, increafing daily, until 

 the fifth or fixth day, when the impofihuma- 

 tion breaks, difcharging a large quantity of 



matter. 



