iS The FarPvIerV Ne-w Guide, Chap. V. 



Fourthly^ Bleeding is necellary in all violent Pain, whe- 

 ther that proceeds Irom an internal or external Caufe, as 

 Wounds or Bruifes ; and in Cafe of inward Pains, as from 

 an Inflammation of the Lungs and Pleura^ or the LJver, 

 when they can be difcovered ; and then the Operation may 

 be once or twice repeated ; but in Pains of the Stomach 

 and Guts, proceeding from lllmy and vifcid Matter lodg'd 

 in them, unlefs the Farrier could alfo be alllir'd thele were 

 accompanied with Inflammation of thofe Parts, it is better- 

 to forbear it ; becaufe in fuch a Cafe, if a Revuliion be 

 made, the Blood may be too much diverted of its Spirits, 

 and Nature balk'd of her De|ign of expelling what flis 

 finds hurtful to her. 



Fifthly^ Blood-letting is moreover nece&y in Verti- 

 goes, and moll Diforders of the Head ; and in the Begin- 

 ning of all Colds, by which Defluxions are apt to fiill on 

 the Lungs, and Rheums into the Eyes. And here I cannot 

 omit taking Notice of an Error in the Sieur de Solley felly 

 who forbids Bleeding in Difeafes of the Eyes. It is not 

 improbable that Author may have obferved fome ill Con- 

 fequences t'rom this Operation, but it has been in fuch Cafes 

 as proceed from ExinaniUGiu that is, when the State of 

 the Blood is very low ; for then that which is cartied into 

 the extreme Parts, very often ftagnates, from the Want of 

 a fufiicicnt Force in the Heart to drive it forwards into thofe 

 Parts ; and when the fucceeding Fluid has not Force enough 

 to impel the antecciient Blood, {o that if a Difeaie hap- 

 pen in the Eyes fr()m any fuch Caufe, the lellefiing the 

 Qtiantity of tijc B'ooJ., which is aheady too fma!l, muft 

 needs occafion fome very great Diforder in thofe Parts, if' 

 not abfolute Blindnefs. But in all Rich Cafes as proceed 

 from an Over-fuhicfs, or from hnrd Riding, which drives 

 the Blood fail^r into the outward Parts, than cm be rea- 

 dily returned by the fmall Capillary Veins ; or jf thcie 

 Diforders proceed fi'om the Blood^s being too viicid, by 

 which Means it loiters in the fmall Vcllels of the Eyes ; 

 Blood-lcttin>g mull then do very great Service, and is cSicn 

 pra^ftifed amr^ng Hoifes to very great Puipofe. For the 

 jhme Rcafons it may be ufcful in the Farcin, the Itch, and 

 all Difeafes of tlie Skin, 



Lallly^ There muil ho. conHar.t Care ta]:en of the Agp» 

 Strength, and Conllitution of all Hories. A young Iforfc, 

 tliough he be more fubjev.^1 to Difeafes^ as has been ah-eady 

 obferv'd, wilK hov/ever, much fv?on?r recover ihc Lcfs of 



Blood 



