16 The Farrihp.^j' Kew 'Guide, CtiAp. V. 



fame want of Method with refpedl to them ; beeaufe we 

 often obferve the bringing any fuch into regular keeping, at 

 iirft proves generally of ill Confequence to them ; and that 

 for feveral Reafons, which I need not here mention. 



From thefe general Directions, the Reader may be able 

 to form fuch other Rules, as may be of Ufe, not only to 

 prevent Sicknefs, but may alfo be the Means of bringing- 

 Horfes to a better State of Health, without hazarding their 

 Conllitutions with the repeated Ufe of Phylick, as is very 

 cuftomary in this Kingdom ; and proceeds from thofe Per- 

 fons, who are ufually intruded with the Health of our 

 Horfes, not being acquainted with the Mechanifm and Oe- 

 conomy of animal Bodies. I have been the more encoura- 

 ged to make fuch Obfervations, beeaufe fome of the mod 

 judicious Farriers have been from Experience convinced of 

 thofe Errors, and are able to call to mind many Inftances, 

 of Horfes they have known to be prejudiced by an unfea- 

 fonable and unnecellary Ufe of Phyfick ; and methinks it 

 would be a common Benefit to Mankind, fo far as Horfes 

 are ferviceable to vs, if thofe Prepolleflions could be ba- 

 nifhed, and all fuch fuperiiuous Pradtice quite difufed and 

 laid alide. 



CHAP. V. 



Some general Rules to be obferved in Bleeding 

 and Tiirging^ 



11JAV7NG, in the foregoing Chapter, taken Notice of 

 '*-'■' fome of the Error., committed in Bleeding and Pur- 

 ging, I fliall in this lay down fome general Rules to be cb- 

 ferved in thefe Operations. 



And FirJ}^ Concerning Bleeding ; there is not any Ope- 

 ration more ready, or indeed more ufcful. As nothing can,- 

 in many Cafes, give fuch immediate Relief; for by Blood- 

 letting, the Heat of the Blood, and conlequently its Velo- 

 city, proceeding from what-ever Caufe, may be thereby 

 abated 5 and not only its Velocity and Heat, but alfo its 

 Vifcidity, whether from an acid, or from any other coa- 

 gulating or thickning A4atter, may in a great Meafure be 

 deltroy'd ; and therefore in all Cafes wlierc the Blood is 

 too much agitated, and tn M^otion, or where it is too much 

 ihicknedj Blood-letting is required. 



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