Chap, VIII. Of a "Putrid Feverl 5? 



But if a Clyller of mere immediate Efficacy be requir'd* 

 a Handful of common Salt may be added ; or inftead of 

 the Lenitive ElcLtuary, three or four Ounces of the Vomit- 

 ing Wine, known by the Name of Viniim Benedi^lutn^ 

 may be mixed with the Decodtion ; but thefe Alterations 

 will feldom be necellary, unlefs to Horfes who are very 

 hard to be work'd on ; there being nothing farther required 

 by Clyfters in a fimple Fever, than keeping the Body mo- 

 derately open, that Nature may have her free Courfe, and 

 not fuffer by Obflrudtions in the firll Faflages. 



Care muft alfo be taken to keep the Pores open by con- 

 ilant Dreffmg, tho' that ought not to be more than what 

 is ufual at other Times ; neither (bould his Cloathing be 

 augmented, or any Thing be given that v/ill fuddenl/ 

 promote Sweat ; becaufe moll, or all fuch Things, are apt 

 to call off the thinner Parts of the ^erum only ; and a Fe- 

 !ver that is truly limple, feldom ends by any of thofe Dii- 

 xharges, but wears olF infenfibly by a gradual Abatement 5 

 and it is to be obferv*d, that a limple Fever, as fuch, is but 

 of fhort Continuance, and in a few Days either begins to 

 wear off in the Manner jull mentioned, or elfe it puts on 

 other Appearances ; and if it gives Signs of Concodion, 

 either by Urine, or by a Tendency to fweat, it is no more 

 :o be treated as a fimple Fever, but as one that is more or 

 i!efs complicated ; and then Medicines that promote Sweat 

 lire very proper, fuch as will be prefcribM in the enfuing 

 Chapter. 



CHAP. VIIL 



I Of a Tutrid Fevero 



\A S the Fever we have treated of in the foregoing Chapter 

 ; is fimble and uniform, that which comes here under 

 |)ur Confiderations is of a complicaied Kind ; and, for the 

 poll Part, proves fatal to Horfes ; for as in a limple Fever 

 here is only a Rarefadion of the Humours, in this there 

 re, befides the Augmentation of the Motion of the Blood, 

 ome evil Qualities ingender'd in it, which require a confi- 

 lerable Time before they can be removed, and during the 

 Continuance thereof, Nature oftentimes finks under her Bur- 

 en ; and the greater muft be the Danger in brute Crea- 

 tes, as they are not under the Guidance of Reafon. 



L 2 Putrid 



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