t The FarrierV New Guide. Chap. III. 



cular Notice fhall be taken of thofe Things, when we come 

 to treat of the Difeafes themfelves. 



CHAP. IIL 



Of the Method of Cure. 



iniTHEN the Farrier has diligently enquired into the 

 ^^ Nature and Caufe of the Difeafe, his Bufinefs is, in 

 the next Place, to adminifter fuch Things as are proper to 

 reftore Health ; and that he may the better fucceed thereinj, 

 1 fhall lay down the following general Diredions. 

 R a-d to he ^^^'^^ of alt^ A particular Regard is to be 



had\o the ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ Symptoms that are the moll: 

 moft urgent Urgent, and any ways endanger Life ; and 

 Symptoms. therefore if the Signs difcover a Horfe to 



have an Inflammation in the Lungs, or 

 Pleura^ which may be guelled at by his being fuddenly 

 feized with difficulty of Breathing, and- an Inability to 

 continue in one Pofture ; or if a Swelling fhould arife on 

 his Throat, which might hinder him from getting down 

 his Food, or render him liable to Suffocation, fuch Evacu- 

 ations, or other Means as are proper to remove thofe Symp- 

 toms, mud immediately be ufed, fetting afide all other 

 Conliderations of Sickne'fs. And in like Manner, if a Florfe 

 fhould be feized with a violent Hemorrhage of Blood, the 

 lirft Intention muft be to itop it ; for the removing of thofe 

 not only prefcrves Life, but in fome Cafes puts an End to 

 ihe Difeafe. 



Seco?idlyy If in any DiHemper the Indication is taken 

 chiefly from Crudities lodging in the Stomach and Guts, 

 then fuch Medicines only as clear thofe Pallages are to be 

 adminifter'd, without Regard to any other ; but if- this be 

 accompanied with any other Difeafe, then all the Medicines 

 that are to be given in fuch a Cafe, muft not be levelled at 

 the Difeafes of thofe Parts direclly, but at others in Con- 

 jun6lion with them. 



Thirdly^ If the Indication is taken from the Blood, it is 

 then to be confider'd, that all its Diforders depend upon its 

 circulatory Motion being increafed or diminiihed ; and that 

 all the Changes in the Texture and Qiiality of the Blood, as 

 alfo in its Qtiantity, are attended either with a Diminution 

 tv Incrcaie of the Blood's Velocity ; and therefore if the; 



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