Chap. V. Som^ general Rules, &cc] if 



But we fliall lay down fome of the particular Indications^ 

 "Which chiefly call for that Operation ; and in doing there- 

 of we fhall not tie any one up to Times and Seafons, or 

 particular Influences, which we find fo much obferv'd in 

 Books of Marfhalfy, and in old phyfical Writers ; for, ac- 

 cording to their Doctrine, fome Part of the anim.al Body 

 muft have been difeafed every Month. All the Caution 

 therefore, that is to be had in that Refpecft, is only to avoid 

 it as much as poflible in the Extremities of Heat and Cold, 

 excepting when fome urgent Nectfiuy requires it. 



Now the Si<^ns that require BlooJ-lettin'^, r-i o- i 

 are firft, an over Plenitude or Fiilueis; .^f ^^^^^^ 



which may be diicovered m a HorJe, be- uUin^^ 

 caufe fuch a one will be apt to be purlive 

 when he is put to any kind of Exercife, and his Stomach 

 will fomevvhat abate. In fuch a Cafe Bleeding cools and 

 refrcflies a Horfe wonderfully. 



Secondly^ Blood-letting is proper in the beginning of al- 

 moll all Fevers, whether Ample or complicated ; that is to 

 fay, whether the Fever confifts Amply in an Augmentation 

 of the Blood's Motion only, or when the Blocd is befides 

 that vitiated. But Care mull be taken, if the Diftemper 

 takes its Origin from the want of Blood, as very often hap- 

 pens after large Hemorrhages, or after long fcourjng, or 

 alter a too plentiful Ufe of Evacuations, or when a Horfe 

 has been fome Time in a declining Condition ; in fuch 

 Cafes, tho' fome Indications may, perhaps, require Blood- 

 letting, yet it is to be us'd fparingly. 



Thirdly^ A Horfe ought to be Bled for all Swellings and 

 Impofthumations, when they happen to be iituated on any 

 1 Part of the Body, fo as to endanger a Suffocation, or any 

 I other ill Accident ; but if there be none of thofe Appear- 

 I ances, and at the flime Time have a Tendency to Suppu- 

 ration, Bleeding ought not to be perform'd, becaufe that 

 would be manifeftly to oppofe Nature, who herfelf is en- 

 deavouring to throw off what is hurtful to her in another 

 way ; but in Swellings of the Legs, occafion'd by the 

 Greafe, Blood-letting is not only fafe in the Beginning, as 

 it may make a Revulfion, but neceflary before they are 

 much inflam'd, or come to break ; becaufe this Diflem- 

 per at firll proceeds chiefly from a Stagnation of the Blood 

 in the extream Parts, from the Smallnefs of the Veflels, 

 ^c, and not from any manifeil Diforder in the Blood it- 

 felf. But of this in its proper Place. 



K Fourthly^ 



