lO The FarrierV New Guide. Chap. IIL 



covering it when loft, that fhe is fo abundantly furnifhed 

 with Drains and Outlets, for iuch are moft or all the 

 Glands, by which Secretion is performed ; but though 

 Nature is to be carefully obferved, and followed in all her 

 Motions, and to be alTifted when her Operations are too 

 weak and imperfed, or reftrain'd when too powerful ; yet 

 ihe is not to be compeli'd, but muft herfelf be the Begin- 

 ner, and very often the Finifher of the Work alfo. And 

 therefore, whenever the Practitioner finds her own Efforts 

 fruitlefs, while (he is endeavouring one while by one Se- 

 cretion, and at other Times by another, to give Vent to that 

 ■which opprefles her, he is not to be over-forward in alTift- 

 ing her in her reftrain'd Inclinations, but conclude with 

 himfelf, that the Matter is not as yet render'd of fuch a 

 due Magnitude or Smallnefs, as to be carried along the 

 Canals, and difcharg'd by the Veflels which are appointed 

 for that Purpofe *, fo that his Bufinefs is only to help her 

 with fuch Things as will thicken or attenuate, ^c, as he 

 fhall fee Occafion ; waiting with Patience until her more 

 fenfible Operations become permanent and lafting, and that 

 ■Ihe becomes free and eafy in all her Exertions ; and this 

 Change is what the Phyficians call the CrifiSy or Turn of 

 a Diftemper. 



But when her Operations are too violent and pow^erful, 

 if Life is thereby at Stake, as in the Inftances above-men- 

 tioned, by an exceflive Hemorrhage of Blood, or an Influx 

 into fome Part, occalioning a Suffocation ; or, in Cafe of 

 an augmented Secretion continuing too long, then the Rules. 

 already laid down muft be followed. But if it happens, as 

 may be often obferved in imperfect Cryjes^ that an He-f 

 snorrhage of Blood proceeds only from a Rupture of Vef- 

 fels that are very fmall, or that the Blood, by Reafon of 

 its abated Heat, flows but moderately ; or if a Tumour 

 arifes, or an Abfcefs be found m any Part of the Body, by 

 which Life is not in Danger ; thefe are not to be prevepted, 

 but manag'd in a Way that is fuitable to the Nature of fuclli 

 Accidents. 



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