Chap. IV. T>ifcovering fome Errors, &c. 1 1 



der a fufficient Quantity of Chyle entring into the Mafs of 

 Blood. But 1 don't mean fuch, but thofe, who, upon 

 full Experience are found to be in as found a State of 

 Health, as they have ever been known to be in at any time, 

 but are bled and purged, or h?;ve Cordials given them at 

 fuch Times as are prefcrib'd in Farrier's Books, or have 

 otherwife obtain'd by Cuilom. 



But that I may not be thought too peremptory on this 

 Head, or to deviate too far from a Method that has been 

 fo univerfally received ; I Ihall therefore lay down fome ^^^Tf 

 Cafes wherein Blooding, or other Evacuations, may be 

 made, even when there are no Indications to betaken di- 

 redly from Sicknefs ; but thefe too are difcretionary, and 

 to be gone about with Caution ; as for Inftance, if Blood- 

 ing be moderately and fparingly ufed^ it may be of Service 

 to young Horfes, efpecially after hard Exercife, or after a 

 Journey in a hot Seafon, becaufe either the one or the other 

 is apt to augment the Blood's Motion too much, which, be- 

 fore it has any ill Tendency, may be thus remedied. But 

 yet this may not be often necellary to Horfes that are ac- 

 cuitomed to conllant Exercife, as Hunting \ or thofe that 

 travel all the Year, as Stage- Horfes or Poft-Horfes, but 

 only to fuch as are more habituated to Eafe. Secondly^ A 

 Horfe that has been much us'd to Handing in the Stable, and 

 has but feldom Exercife, may alfo have a Vein open'd upon 

 Sufpicion of the Blood's growing too vifcid, and ftagnating 

 for Want of due Exercife ; becaufe, while he is thus kept, 

 a Difeafe may infenfibly, and by Degrees, be creeping up- 

 on him, while yet there is no Indication given from fenfi- 

 ble Signs. Tihirdly^ If a Horfe has {tumbled into a Pit 

 of Water, or a deep Ditch, and has continued fome Time 

 therein, though he does not immediately give Signs of Sick- 

 nefs, yet fuch Accidents are a fufficient Indication both for 

 Bleeding and other Remedies, becaufe the Adftridion of 

 the Pores, occafion'd by the Coldnefs and Prellure of the 

 Water, may caufe a Fever, or a violent Cold, that may 

 end in the Glanders, or fome other fatal Diftemper. 



The fame Cautions may be alfo obferv'd as to Purging, 

 and that fhould never be gone about barely at a Venture, 

 but when the Farrier or Owner may have fome Sufpicion 

 at leaft ; as, for Want of Exercife, eating unwholfome Food, 

 or drinking bad Water, or the like, whether that proceed 

 from Carelellhefs or NecelTity. In thefe, or fuch like C-afes, 

 Blooding or Purging may be ufed by Way of Prevcniion ; 



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