104 GREASE. 



sion on the other. Collections of matter may 

 be formed, and are undoubtedly the efforts 

 of NATURE to disburden herself of the morbid 

 affection ; and she most wisely makes those 

 efforts as remote as possible from the vital 

 principle of action, and in the parts best 

 qualified to bear the operation. 



Thus much produced to inculcate the 

 doctrine of the disease, let us endeavour to 

 establish (contrary to the custom of a cen- 

 tury past) the most rational and less objec- 

 tionable mode of obtaining relief in cases of 

 so much pain and trouble. So soon as the 

 attack is discovered, or the appearance of 

 disease is ascertained, let blood be taken 

 away, with a proper reference to the direc- 

 tions given under that head : letting your 

 quantity be proportioned to the size, state, 

 and strength of your horse ; and so soon as 

 the blood is cold, let an examination be made 

 of its state, and proceed accordingly. If you 

 find the blood is firmly coagulated with a 

 small proportion of serum or liquid, that the 

 crassamentum, or mass, is livid, with a coat 

 of size or gelatinised matter upon the sur- 

 face, you may immediately conclude there 



