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BLAIN

Volume 3 · 83 words · 1815 Edition

among farriers, a distemper incident to beasts, being a certain bladder growing on the root of the tongue, against the windpipe, which swells to such a pitch as to stop the breath. It comes by great chafing and heating of the stomach, and is perceived by the beast's gaping and holding out his tongue, and foaming at the mouth. To cure it, caft the beast, take forth his tongue, and then, fitting the bladder, wash it gently with vinegar and a little salt.