so STAGGERS, CONVULSIONS, &C. 



The Mad Staj^gers. 



Stretched, that he appears nailed to the pavement, 

 with his legs stiff, wide, and straddling, and his 

 skin every where so tight, as to be almost impos- 

 sible to move it : if trial be made to make him 

 walk, he is ready to fall at every step, unless he be 

 carefully supported; and his eyes are so fixed, 

 from the inaction of the muscles, that his looks arc 

 languid and dead. He snorts and sneezes often, 

 panting continually with shortness of breath : this 

 symptom increases till he expires, which generally 

 happens in a few days, unless some sudden and 

 very effectual turn can be given to the dis- 

 temper." 



Various appellations have been given to this 

 disease, but it is most generally known by the 

 name of the staggers and convulsions. 



When the horse is raging, it is called the mad 

 staggers ; and, if care is not taken, he will knock 

 and bruise his head in such a manner, that it will 

 be in danger of mortifying : to prevent this, every 



