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Sometimes the affection is simple in its character, and mild 

 in its effects ; while in other cases it acts with a virulence upon 

 the patient which is surprising. 



Generally speaking, the local effects of Strangles are con- 

 fined to the region of the larynx, and to the sub-maxillary space ; 

 sometimes, however, the tissues of one locality after another 

 manifest a disposition to inflame, and the inflammation goes to 

 the suppurative stage, so as to impress one with the belief that 

 Strangles occasionally takes on a specific form of fever; the 

 specificity of which consists in a marked tendency of the organ- 

 ism at such times to develope purulent deposits, which are 

 limited in the general run of cases to the tissues of the sub- 

 maxillary space ; but on some occasions extending to other 

 localities — such as the flanks, between the hind limbs at their 

 junction with the trunk ; also, at the bottom of the neck, and 

 between the fore extremities. 



Strangles is a disease which may be said to be peculiar to 

 young horses, and analagous to measles in children. It attacks 

 horses most frequently between the third and fifth year of their 

 age, though sometimes before the former and sometimes after 

 the latter; while occasionally we meet with a disease in old 

 horses which, if not Strangles, is certainly closely similar to it. 

 The disease sometimes occurs to young animals at grass, and 

 sometimes it is developed soon after the colt is placed under 

 the care of the breaker. 



Many breeders of horses are of opinion that every horse is 

 liable to Strangles, and that it is an effort of the organism to 

 east away collected impurities. "Whether this opinion be one 

 based upon correct observation I am unable to say. 



In more violent forms of the disease, especially when con- 

 fined to the sub-maxillary and laryngeal regions, it is very prone 

 to leave the patient a Eoarer, and to produce Spasm of the 



