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Thus much produced to inculcate the doc- 

 trine of the difeafe, let us endeavour to eftablilh 

 (contrary to the cuftom of a century paft) the 

 moil rational and lefs objedlionable mode of 

 obtaining relief in cafes of fo much pain and 

 trouble. So foon as the attack is difcovered, 

 or the arpearance of difeafe is afcertained, 

 let blood be taken away, with a proper re- 

 ference to the diredtions given under that 

 head ^ letting your quantity be proportioned to 

 the fize, ftate, and ftrength of your horfe^ and 

 fo foon as the blood is cold, let an examination 

 be made of its ftate, and proceed accordingly. 

 If you find the blood is firmly coagulated 

 with a fmall proportion of ferum or liquid, 

 that the craiTamentum, or mafs, is livid, with 

 a coat of fize or gelatinifed matter upon the 

 furface, you may immediately conclude there 

 is too great a tenacity and adhefion in the 

 BLOOD for the office of circulation through the 

 fmaller veflels 3 and that fuch quality has con- 

 tributed to the caufe of obftrudtion under 

 which the fubjedt is difcovered to labour. If 

 the difeafe is in its earlieft ftate, and does not 

 feem to indicate rapid Jigm of inveteracy ; and 

 the horfe is not remarkably yj^/ or out of con^ 

 ditioriy it may probably fubmit to the mildeft 



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