^o The FarrierV New Guide. Chap. V. 



which I hope will be of Ui'e to all who pradife amono- 

 Horfes. ° 



Firjl of alU Purging may be necefTary in molt of all 

 rletboruk Cajes, elpecially after an Evacuation has been 

 made by mood-letting, and the Body render'd fomewhat 

 cool and lightfome ; for if a Horfe be purf^ed when his 

 body IS very full, it may, unlefs the other Secretions are 

 alfo free, occafion^ during the Operation, a too great Hur- 

 ry m the Blood's Amotion, bred from too ercat a quantity 

 of Blood ; or, by deriving too much Blood Tnto the Intef- 

 tines, may occafion an Inflammation of the Guts. For the 

 fameReafon, Horfes that are plethorick and full of Blood 

 ought only to have mild Purges given them. ' 



Secondly, Becaufe a Horfe can feldom or never difc^orre 

 himfelf by Vomit ; gentle Purging may therefore be allow- 

 ed m Diforders of the Stomach, before other thines are 

 adminiller'd. ^ 



Thirdly, Purging is the moft neceflhry Remedy for all 

 Foulnelsin the Guts, for the Expullion of all vifcid, ropy 

 Matter, and m all Cafes where a Horfe is infelbd with 

 VVorms. 



Fourthly, It is a great Releifin Collivenefs, efpecially 

 after fuitable Clyftcrs have been firit adminifter'd And 

 It IS moreover ufeful in all Scouring and Loofenefs of the 

 Belly, when performed by fuch Medicines as afterwards 

 conft ringe the Inteftinal Glands. But in this Cafe many of 

 the Tribe of purging Medicines may be very hurtful, and 

 cccafion either a too great Relaxation of thofe Glands or 

 an Inflammation of the Guts, by their too violent and 

 harfh Operation. 



Fifthly, In all cafes where there is a grofs Habit, with a 

 Fendency to Swellings in the Limbs, or any other part of 

 the body. Purging is neceirary; as alfo in humid and 

 watry Dileafes. In Diforders of the Liver, caufinp the 

 Jaundice, and in many of tlie Dileafes of the Eyes, it does 

 manifeft Service, by the Revuliion it makes from thoie 

 1 arts, and in moft Ailmenr^ofthc Head, where there is no 

 >evcr, but only a St.ignation in the Blood, in Ibme of the 

 miall capilJary or Hair-like Arteries. For pur.-rin.T in fuch 

 Cafes not only drains off Part of the fuperabundant Mat- 

 ter, but alfo, by putting the Blood into a brisker Motion, 

 caufes a Separation of its groiler Parts, fo tliat it moves with 

 more \ reedom and Fahnefs in all its Canals, and is thereby 

 biough- more readily to the fccretorv Olfxes. 



