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observed to stop suddenly and exhibit symptoms as if he was 
choking ; and, after making several fruitless attempts to cough 
and empty the larynx or pharynx of their contents, he stamped 
with his fore feet, shook his head wildly, and appeared in very 
great distress from want of breath. He then very suddenly 
seemed to regain his wind, so as to enable him to resume his 
work, which he continued to do all that day without any farther 
annoyance. 
On the next morning, about 4 a.m., the man who had charge 
of the stable, and who slept in the loft above, heard a considerable 
noise below, and on looking down he observed this horse reeling 
about in his stall, and immediately afterwards falling down as if 
dead ; but on returning from the farm-house, whither he had gone 
to apprise his master of the circumstance, he found the animal 
considerably recovered, and, in a short time, was able to raise him- 
self on his feet again. 
At the accustomed hour of going to work he appeared to be 
quite well, and was accordingly sent to the field ; but, during the 
day, he was twice attacked as before, and on being set free from 
his harness he turned quickly round and fell to the ground. At 
length, recovering his breath, he again got up, bled a little from 
both nostrils and mouth, which evidently gave him considerable 
relief, and, appearing to be again in his usual state, he was put into 
harness. 
In this manner he was attacked every day for about a fortnight, 
sometimes falling four times in one day. At length his master, 
supposing him to be on too heavy work, changed him to drawing 
single harrow. He continued at this for two or three weeks, 
when it appeared even that work was too much for him ; and he 
was accordingly laid aside, put into a loose box, and kept on soft 
food, especially linseed and boiled barley. During all this time, 
however, he never refused his food; but latterly, when the fits 
had been very frequent in their occurrence, he became dull and 
lost condition. It had also been observed that he had some 
difficulty in swallowing his water, a great portion of which was 
returned along the nostrils, mixed up with a considerable quan- 
tity of mucus. 
After being thus confined for a fortnight he was put out to 
grass, when he appeared to recover rapidly; but, about the be- 
ginning of August, he became much worse than he had ever 
been — became unthrifty in his coat — had the fits more fre- 
quently and with greater severity. Generally, after a severe 
paroxysm he broke out into a profuse perspiration — stood dull 
and dejected — and when he resumed his feeding it was very 
slowly, and with little relish. In this state he continued until 
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