STRANGLES. 65 



Strangles. 



This disease generally attacks youno^ horses 

 l)ctvveen the third and fifth year of their aoe, 

 and consists in an inflammation of the mem- 

 brane of the throat and nose, and swelling of 

 the £r^ands under the throat, accompanied 

 with consrh, and a dischartre of white thick 

 matter from the nostrils ; sometimes there are 

 hkewise a soreness of the throat, and diffi( ulty 

 in swallowing. Theinfjamed glands commonly 

 suppurate in a short time, and burst, discharg- 

 ing a large quantity of mutter. When this 

 has taken phice, the cough and other synip- 

 tOHis generally go oil", the sore gradually 

 heals, and the horse speedily recovers. In 

 some eases the strangles assume a more for- 

 midable appearance, are attended v/ith a con- 

 siderable degree of fever, and the throat is 

 sometuues so much inflamed, that the horse 

 is incapable of svvaiiowing either food or 

 water ; but however violent the attack may 

 be, I have always found that, by adopting a 

 proper mode of treatment, every unpleasant 

 symptom may be easilj^ removed, and a speedy 

 recovery eifected. It is not a very uncommon 

 circumstance for the straupjles to attack young" 



