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STAGGEKS. 



A numlDer of opinions have been adv^ced in 

 relation to the origin and seat of this disease. 

 Some think that it is confined entirely to the 

 head, while others say that the lungs are also 

 affected; that it originates in the stomach, from 

 which it is removed hy the action of the lympa- 

 tic vessels, and being thrown into the circula- 

 tion is diffused throughout the entire system^ 

 and carried by the arteries into the lungs, 

 through which all the blood in a horse's body 

 passes many times during an hour, where it un- 

 dergoes a change, thus depositing a portion of 

 the poisonous matter that had been received into 

 the stomach in. the lungs. It is common to 

 horses of all ages and conditions, and is a very 

 rare case where it does not prove fatal. 



Symptoms. 



The symptoms in this disease are feebleness, 

 drowsiness, loss of appetite, a constant hanging 



