S2 Of an Apoplexy, or 



nal caufes in the head only, we fhall de- 

 fcribe the fymptoms which diftinguifh 

 them from each other ; by which means 

 we (hall be able to avoid any miflake in 

 the application of the remedy : and as 

 epileptic diforders have by ignorant far- 

 rrers been mfftaken for the gripes, we 

 Ihall alfo diftinguiih thefe diforders by the 

 fymptoms. 



Ho\yepi- In an epilepfy, or falling ficknefs, the 

 jepticdf- |^Qj.fg j-ggjg ^pjj ftap-gers, his eyes are 



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dlftin- fixed in his head, he has no fenfe of what 

 guiihed he is doing, he dales and dungs infen- 

 frora fibly, he riins round and falls fuddenjy ; 

 gripes, fometimcs he is immoveable, with his 

 legs (Iretched out, as if he was dead, ex- 

 cept only a quick motion of his heart and 

 lungs, which caufes a violent working 

 of his flanks ; fometimes he has invo- 

 luntary motions, and (baking of his 

 limbs, fo ftrong, that he has not only 

 beat and fpurned his litter, but the pave- 

 ment with it ; and with thefe alternate 

 fymptoms a horfe has continued more 

 than three hours, and then he has as fur- 

 prizingly recovered : at the going oft of 

 the fit, he generally foams at the mouth, 

 the foam being white and dry, like what 

 comes from a healthful horfe when he 

 champs on the bit. 



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