14 The Farrier'^ New Guide. Chap. IV. 



and I (hould the rather fo far give into thofe Methods,' 

 with refped: to brute Creatures, becaufe feveral of their 

 Difeafes may adually have fome Footing before they can- 

 be well difcerned. But yet, as there is even in all thefe 

 Cafes an Indication given, at leait from foreign Caufes, 

 what has been here advanced, will not juilify the Condudl 

 I am cenfuring, which is only adminillring Things at 

 Random, and which therefore often prove prejudicial. 



I fliall therefore venture to affirm, that unneceflary Eva- 

 cuations cannot be the Way to prevent Difeafes in Horfesy 

 but that may be better effeduated by a due Care in their 

 Keeping. 



A J . r^ . -^ All Evacuations lefTen the CXiantity of the 

 Keepinzy the -olood, but moft immediately Blood-letting ; 

 froperefiWay to ^nd when that has been frequently repeated, 

 pre'vent Sicknefs. OX been taken away in a large Quantity, it 

 often becomes languid in its Motion, by a 

 lelTer Quantity of Spirits, derived from a lefler Quantity 

 of Blood, fo that what remains has not Force enough from 

 thefe Spirits to reach the Pallages of the Skin, fo as to make 

 a Secretion there ; and from hence, inftead of preventing- 

 Difeafes, it becomes the Caufe of many. Purging has alfo' 

 the fame Effect, though after a different Manner, and may 

 be of a worfe Confequence to Horfes, as ail fuch Evacua- 

 tions a6l more diredly againft Nature, and in fuch a Man- 

 ner, that the whole animal Frariie, when the Medicines- 

 happen to be of any Strength, is difcompofed by them ; and 

 thus a Horfe that w^as in Health, is expofed to all the In- 

 juries that can proceed from any Element. But in good 

 and proper Keeping, all thefe Accidents are avoided, and' 

 the fame thing eflcded. 



The bell Way therefore to prevent Horfes being difeafed,- 

 3s, in the firfl Place, to have no Kind of Food given them 

 but what is wholfome, and their Drink flioufd be Rain- 

 water, or that of the running Brook, if fuch are to be had.- 



Secondly^ The next Thing to be regarded is Exercife, ef- 

 pecially fince the Health of all Animals depends fo much up- 

 on the Blood's regular Motion, for without that it is impoffi- 

 ble but that it muft be apt many times to flagnate ; whereas' 

 if the Body is often kept moving, the Blood is not only forc'd 

 thro' the fmalleft Veins and Arteries, by the feveral Contrac- 

 tions of the Mufcles, but all the little Glands and Strainers 

 throughout the Body are thereby forc'd to difcharge their fe- 

 veral Contents, which muft be a great Means to preferrc 

 Health. 7hirdlv 



