^HAP. VI. Of Fevers in general. ij 



;d by its various Mixtures, as to occafion all thofe evil 

 iymptoms which are difcovered in the animal Body, 

 ,vhile Nature is endeavouring to throw off what is offenlive 

 md burden fome to her. 



After this ftiort Account of Fevers in general, it follows 

 hat we take Notice of their feveral Kinds, as they have been 

 iillinguifhed by their feveral Names and Appellations, 

 vhcrein we fhall deviate as little as polTible from the Me- 

 hod of thofe who have gone before us ; that fuch as have 

 ;)een ufed to the Writings of Sollsyfell^ Markham^ or any 

 )thers of that Tribe., may not be too much bewildered by the 

 \rufal of what they fhall here find new upon the Subject, 



We have already divided a Fever into that cri j-nr ^ 

 vhich is fimple, and of one Period only, and kinds of FeZls, 

 hat which is complicated and accompanied 

 vith fome other Difeafe. Under which Divifion may be 

 educ'd ail Sorts of Fevers ; but a fimple Fever Hands lingly 

 )y iticlf, and is that which, properly fpeaking, conftitutes a 

 rue Fever j and therefore all Fevers may be term'd more or 

 efs fimple^ as they are made up of fewer or more Symp- 

 oms ; for the fewer Symptoms there are in any Fever, any 

 rcli Fever, will be the more fimple, and will approach the 

 :cnrer to that Vv'hich confifts only in the regular Augmenta- 

 :;on of the Blood's Motion : And, on the other Hand, the 

 more Symptoms there are in any Fever, it will be the more 

 :omplicated, and participate the more of other Difeafes. 

 AH therefore tliat fhall be faid concerning the particular 

 Fevers of Horfes, ftiall be reduced to thole that are Si?nple 

 md Continued Fevers^ He^ick Fevers^ Putrid Fevers^ and 

 [hole that are' called Pellikntial Fevers-^ and laltiy, all 

 fuch as are Intermitiingy wliether thefe be ^otldian^ Ter- 

 tian^ or ^tartan. As for rhofe proper to the Seafons, vix, 

 Iht Jiitumhal dvA Vernal Fevers^ kc. which Markham has 

 itaken Not'ce of, they may be reducM to one or more of tlie 

 'above-mention'd Kinds, tho' perhaps not with refped: to 

 their whole complex Symptoms, and indeed in that ^t\\{^ 

 there is no Fever diredtly the fam.e^ but may vary in fome 

 Circumftances ; for feeing the Bodies of all Animals are nu- 

 merous, and are infinitely com.pounded, and made up of 

 Veflels which are infinitely different in Size and Magnitude ; 

 and as the Fluids contained in thefe Veflejs are capable of 

 different Changes and Modifications, it cannot therefore be 

 expeded, but tlie fame Kind of Fever may have different 

 pymptoms m one Horie from what they are in another ; 

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