$6 The TarrierV N-ew Gtiide. Chap. Villi 



err n r r Putrid Fcvers, and all Fcvers of a compU- 



PufrU Fever. ^^^^^ ^^'^"^^' ai'e. "^^re incident to young 

 Hoifes, than thole who are advanc'd to their 

 Prime; and to fome more than others even in their Colt- 

 age, which, according to the belt Authors, is, by reafon 

 the Blood of all young Animals is apt to be of unequal 

 Fluidity, as not having been fufficienily commuted by fre- 

 quent Circulations thro' the Lungs ; therefore it will be 

 the more ready upon any Change, either to putrify, or, 

 at leaft, to put on the Appearances of Putrefaction. And 

 as the Appetites of young Horfes are Ilrong and vigorous, 

 they are apt to over-gorge themfelves, and oftentimes too 

 with unwholfome Food, begetting Crudities in the Sto- 

 mach, by which Means the Chyle is contaminated^ and 

 the Blood, for the mod Part, render'd more grofs and vif- 

 cid. This alone is fufficient to bring on a putrid Fever ; 

 but more efpecially if a Horfe happens to be put to violent 

 Labour, or hard Riding, before his Body is prepared for 

 it, either by moderate Feeding, moderate Exercife, or pro- 

 per Phyfick ; for when the Blood is once put into a more 

 than ordinary Motion, while in this unaitive State, any 

 one muft then eafily conceive what great Diforder mult 

 needs happen to that Animal. 



Cold taken abroad in the Night, or in unwholfome, 

 foggy Weather, f when a Horfe has been us'd to warm 

 and delicate Keeping^ will, by flopping the Paflages of 

 Perfpiration, bring on fuch a Fever, efpecially where there 

 is a grofs Habit ; for in fuch a Cafe the Blood cannot be 

 fo luddenly rarefy'd, as to conftitute one of a more fim- 

 ple Kind j and the fame may happen from feveial other 

 Caufes, which I iliall not detain the Reader with at pre- 

 fect. 



The Signs are thofe which it has in com- 

 T^e SJgKs. nion with all other Fevers, to wit, inordi- 



nate Heat, a Ciamminefs and Parchednefs 

 in the Mouth, a Heaving and Beating of the Flanks ; 

 but this is not regular, as in a fimple Fever, but is 

 fometimes more, fometimes ki's^, according as the Fever is 

 more or lefs upon him ; and whereas in a limple legitimate 

 Fever, a Horie is watchful and reftlefs, in this he is, for 

 the moft Part, unadive and dull, hangs his Head, takes no 

 Notice of any one that comes near him, his Body fliakes 

 and quivers, and he reels as he offers to walk ; and this pro- 

 ceeds from a Paucity or Opprelfion of the animal Spirits. 



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