96 Of the Strangles, and Vives. 



being able ; fome horfcs lofing their ap' 

 petite intirely, others eating but little, 

 by reafon of the pain which chewing and 

 fwallowing occafions : when the fvvilling 

 begins on the infide of the jaw- bones, it 

 is much longer in coming to matter than 

 when more to the middle ; when it 

 arifes among the glands, and divides 

 into feveral tumours, the cure is gene- 

 rally tedious, as it breaks in different 

 places i and when it forms upwards on 

 the wind- pipe and gullet, there is fome- 

 times danger of fuffbcarion, unlefs the 



, fwelling foon breaks. B it the m oil dan- 

 serous kind is, when, befides the above 

 lymptoms, the horfe runs at the nole; 

 this by fome is called the ballard (Iran- 



' gles. 



The cure. As this diforder feems to be critical, 

 the iiioft approved method is to afTifl na- 

 ture in bringing the fweUings to maturity, 

 by keeping them conftantly moid with 

 - ointment of marfh-mallows, and covering 

 the head and neck with a warm hood. 

 But as all fwelhngs in glandular parts 

 fuppurate ilowly, the following poultice 

 may be applied hot twice a day : it is 

 alio a very proper one to ripen, or bring 

 any other fwelling to matter. 



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