STAGGERS, CONVULSIONS, &C. "77 



Syrnptoras of the Staggers. 



CHAP. XV. 



THE STAGGERS, CONVULSIONS, LETHARGY, 

 '^^'" EPILEPSY, AND VERTIGO. 



All distempers of . the head are generally in- 

 cluded under two denominations, viz. staggers^ 

 and coiivulsmis. 



r^,The symptoms are as follow : 



The staggers, or apoplexy, is attended with 

 drowsiness ; , the ,eyes being full and inflamed, and 

 sometimes watery; the head continually hangs 

 down ; and the horse sometimes reels and stag- 

 gers about like a person intoxicated. 



-The lethargy, commonly called the sleeping- 

 evil, is a disorder in the head; the horse fre- 

 quently falls asleep, with his head resting on the 



