Staggers, &c. 9j 



This general method wc hope will give Obferva- 

 fufficienc light into the nature of thefe dif- '-o"- 

 orders, and their treatment, without mi- 

 njjtely entering into their caufes ; which 

 in fome cafes, perhaps, are infcrutable ; 

 and v/here the mod plaufible writers have 

 appeared rather as learned triilers than fa- 

 tisfadlory reafoners. 



C H A P. X. 



Of the STRANGLES and 

 V I V E S. 



I"* H E (irangles is a diftemper to TheilraB- 

 which colts and young horfes are gle^de- 

 very fubjed: ; and begins with a fwelling ^'^^^l^^^* 

 between the jaw- bones, v/hich fometimes 

 extends to the mufcles of the tongue % 

 and is attended with fo grest heat, pain, 

 and inflammation, that fometimes, till 

 matter is formed, the horfe fwallovvs with 

 the utmoll difficulty. 



The fymptoms are extraordinary heat The fym- 

 and feveriilinefs, with a painful cough, P^^^"^» 

 and a great inclination to drink without 



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