EXERCISE. .^.15 



under the vague denomination of humours^ 

 without a fear of being controverted bv 

 any refpeilable opponent ; I fliall proceed 

 to the proper mode of rectification in fuch 

 cafe, and the degree of^ diftinction to be 

 afcertained when fome of the difeafes be- 

 fore mentioned proceed from a different 

 caufe. 



To effecl this, it is firft necelTary to ob- 

 ferve, that when fuch repletion becomes 

 perceptible, and is immediately countera(5led 

 by regular and daily increafing exercife, it 

 may probably (if the horfe is in no con- 

 firmed ftate of foulnefs) be again abforbed 

 into the circulation, and carried ofi without 

 the affiftance of extra evacuations promoted 

 by medicine. But it Ihould be always held 

 in remem.brance, that fuch exercife mufl be 

 in the firft inftances not only of great 

 gentlenefs but long duration ; ufing no 

 violence or fpeedy exertions, till the body 

 is by gradual perfeverance perfectly unloaded, 

 and the carcafe and extremities have re- 

 covered their original form and pliability ; 

 when the exercife may be increafed to a 

 greater degree of action, that the fuper- 



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