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If staggers arise from extravasated fluids prefs- 

 ing on the brain, the horse will, on attempting to 

 turn or move his head, become delirious, stagger, 

 turn round, and fall down. Extravasated fluids^ 

 or lymph prefsing on the brain, is not easily dis- 

 covered ; though, upon the above symptoms tak- 

 ing place, we may, with reason, suspect this to 

 have been the case. Our best methods of practice, 

 in addition to the medicines, &c. above recom- 

 mended, will be to cut the hair close on the top 

 of the neck and head, and apply a strong blister, 

 composed of equal parts of cantharides and purified 

 hog's lard, which may be repeated. 



If the disease is caused by a fracture of the 

 skull, removing the fractured part or parts with 

 bleeding, and low diet, may effect a cure. 



If it arises from other diseases, sxichasjaun- 

 dice, it is then only an effect. In these cases ? 

 we must use such medicines as are directed for 

 removing jaundice. 



Farcy 



IS a disease of the lympatic system, Diseases of 

 the lympatics seem at present to be very little un- 

 derstood, as. well as the methods of cure ; but that 



