STOMACH-STAGGERS
\stˈʌməkstˈaɡəz], \stˈʌməkstˈaɡəz], \s_t_ˈʌ_m_ə_k_s_t_ˈa_ɡ_ə_z]\
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A disease in horses, depending on a paralytic affection of the stomach. In this disease the animal dozes in the stable and rests his head in the manger; he then wakes up, and falls to eating, which he continues to do till the stomach swells to an enormous extent, and the animal at last dies of apoplexy or his stomach bursts.
By Daniel Lyons
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