Chap. VI. Of Fevers in general 21 



But in this Operation, as well as in Bleed- In nkeding 

 ing, a particular Regard ought to be had to ^^'^ ^^^'g^'^g* 

 the Strength of every Horfe, becaufe the Irri- ^'^^ Strength 

 tation that this kind of Phyfick makes in the f "" ^"'f' *" 

 Stomach and Guts, when it is powerful, ^' "-'S^-^^'^- 

 occafions fuch diforderly Agitations in the Blood and Spirits, 

 as caufe violent Sicknefs, attended with cold damp Sweat:;, 

 and fometimes convulfive Motions : And all this I have 

 feen frequently happen to Horfcs while under this Opera- 

 tion ; and therefore they ought not only at that Time to. 

 be carefully look'd after, but their Phyfick fliould be quali- 

 fy *d with fuch Mixtures as will prevent it from adherii]g 

 too clofely to any Parts of the Guts. 



But what relates to this, and all other Operations, wall, 

 I doubt not, be perform'd to the Farrier's Satisfaftion in 

 the Sequel of this Treatife, where all thole general Rules 

 Tnall be jultly and methodically applied. 



CHAP. VL 



Of the Fevers of Horfs in genera!, 



A/f OST of thcfe who have treated of the Ihe Sieur de 

 Difeafes of Horfes, have delin'd a Fe- Solleyfeli'/ O- 

 ver to be a preternatural Heat of Blood ; and /^'^'^'^ concern- 

 the Sieur de SolJeyjell has compar'd it to the '"^ ^ ^''^'''' 

 ^' Ebullition of Wine in a Cask, where the Liquor being 

 " agitated, heated, dilated, and fermented, and having no 

 *^ Vent, breaks impetuoufly through all Obitacles, fpread- 

 ing its Steams and Vapours all around, and appears fo 

 '• muddy, that we cannot difcern the lead; Drop of Wine 

 '' in the Vcflel. But after thefe diforderly Motions, all 

 " the Impiirities that were in the Wine are feparated j the 

 ^- Lees fall to the Bottom, a Sort of Scum floats on the 

 '' Top^ and the Concavity of the Veflel is covered with a 

 " Sort of crully Subftance". This Comparifon between 

 the State of the Blood, and Wine thus pent up in the Cask, 

 IS, according to that Author, a true Idea and Reprefenta- 

 tion of a Fever, which, as it is obvious to Senfe, will, no, 

 doubt, fatisfy a good many Readers ; but yet, as the A- 

 ,greement is only in fome few Circumftances, and not in 

 rhe whole, I Taall therefore give a fiiort Account of a Fever, 

 • 5^ It IS founded on the Strudure of the Bloody a^iq the Vef- 

 •'^^in the \Yhlch it Hows. 



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