352 DISCHARGE AND COUGH OF STRANGLES *. [BK. II. 



young animal only — that is, from two years old, 

 until five or near six ; when the circulation has at- 

 tained its fulness, and, perhaps, slight cold has first 

 detained any portion thereof in the glands, whereby 

 the inflammation is engendered that constitutes the 

 disease. When these glands swell and discharge 

 at a more mature age, the strangles must then be 

 considered as the effect of constitutional depravation, 

 and would as properly come under the general de- 

 scription of critical abscess, treated of at a former 

 page, 312. 



Symptoms. — A swelling commences between the 

 upper part of the two jaw-bones, or a little lower 

 down towards the chin, and directly underneath 

 the tongue. A cough, a dry mouth, and the dis- 

 charge of a white thick matter from the nostrils, 

 follow ; with great heat and tension of the tumours, 

 and of all the adjacent membrane, to such a degree 

 that the animal can scarcely swallow. The eyes, 

 consequently, send forth the watery humour, which 

 is deprived of its proper outlet, so that the ani- 

 mal nearly closes the lids : this last is an invari- 

 able symptom when it happens that the two larger 

 glands under the ear are affected also, which fre- 

 quently happens ; but when these latter are dis- 

 ordered without the animal having the strangles, 

 we then say he has the rives. The swelling in- 

 creases and usually bursts of itself, sometimes 

 without any medical aid whatever, and even without 

 being perceived by any one. This last happens to 

 colts and fillies at grass, when their wants are little 



