86 Of an Apoplexy, or 



feeble, and difpirited in his work; and 

 turns (hort breathed with the lead exer* 

 cile. 



Convulfi- The lively defcription of that unlver- 

 onsfrom fa] cramp or convLilfion, called by feme 

 ^^^?° the ftag-evil, v/hich feizes all the muf- 

 other' ^" ^^^ ^^ ^^^ body at once, and locks up 

 principal the jaws, fo tliat it is impoffible almoft 

 bovvdsde- to forcc them open, we (hall give in 

 fcribcd. Mr. Gibfon's own words -, who fays, '* as 

 foon as the horfe is feized, his head is 

 raifed with his nofe towards the rack, his 

 ears pricked up, and his tail cocked, 

 looking with eagernefs as an hungry 

 horfe when hay is put down to him, or 

 like a high-fpirited horfe when he is put 

 upon his mettle j infomuch that thofe who 

 are ftrangers to fuch things, when they 

 fee a horfe (land in this manner, will 

 fcarce believe any thing of confequence 

 ails him ; but they are foon convinced, 

 when they fee other fymptoms come on a- 

 pace, and that his neck grows ftiff, cramp- 

 ed, and almoft immoveable; and if a 

 horfe in this condition lives a few day?, 

 feveral knots will arife on the tendinous 

 parts thereof, and all themufcles, both be- 

 fore and behind, will be fo much pulled 

 and cramped, and fo ftretched, that he 

 looks as if he was nailed to the pavement, 



with 



