Chap. II. Of the Signs of Sicknefs in Horfes, 7 



cxceflive hot. Some Signs are alfo exhibited which denote 

 Sicknefs, but are different from the former ; as when a 

 Horfe hangs his Head, has a Coldnefs and Dampnefs 

 about his Ears, his Eyes watery, fometimes with a Mix- 

 ture of Corruption, flow and dull in its Motions, being 

 apt to ftumble, as often as he attempts to walk ; takes no 

 Notice of any other Horfe, or of any Perfon coming near 

 him. Some Sicknefles, as Intermitting Fevers, will pro- 

 duce fome Intervals of Trembling, and exceflive Sweat* 

 ing ; and fome have Symptoms compounded and made up 

 from complicated Sickneftes, which exhibit feveral of thefe 

 Signs together. 



There may be alfo divers Signs taken from the Dung 

 and Urine of a Horfe ; but thofe from the Urine are the 

 mofl certain : When a Horfe in Sicknefs ftales clear, and 

 when that is preferved, if there be no Sediment in it, it 

 prognofticates a growing Diftemper ; but when the Urine 

 lurns of a reddifh or yellowifh Colour, and has either a 

 Cloud fwimming in it, which is not black and earthy, pr a 

 Sediment falling to the bottom, and begins to have a yan^; 

 Smell, it is then a Sign the Diftemper begins to bxeak ; but 

 when the Cloud is of an earthy or black Colour, and co- 

 heres in a body without parting, it is a Sign the Difeafe will 

 prove mortal. It may be farther remar^'d as to Urine, if 

 it be different at different Times, fometimes refembling that 

 of a found Horfe, and fometimes giving Signs of Sicknefs, it 

 then betokens a great Malignity in the Diftemper, proceed- 

 ing from an Inequality in the Blood's Compofure^ which 

 caufes alfo an Inequality in its Motion. 



There might be alfo Signs taken from the Pulfe, which 

 is plainly enough to be felt on the Temples and Fore- legs of 

 a Horfe ; but as that IVIethod has never as yet obtain'd a- 

 xnong Farriers, I fhall therefore pafs it over. 



The Sieur De Solleyfell obferves, when a Horfe piifes 

 without ftriding, and without putting forth his Yard, after 

 long Sicknefs (unlefs he has been accuftomcd to do fo in a 

 State of HealthJ it is a mortal Sign ; and likewife that it is 

 a no lefs fatal Prognoftication, when the Hair of a Horfe's 

 Skull or Tail may be eafily pluck'd off. The fame Author 

 obferves further, that it is alfo a dangerous Sign, when a 

 Horfe lies often down, but ftarts up again immediately, 

 not being able to breathe freely in a lying Pofture ; and en 

 the contrary, that it is a very promifing Sign, when a Horfe 

 lies quietly in tlie Decline of Sicknefs. But more parti- 



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