54 The FarrierV Ne'-JO Guide. Chap. XIV. 



Markham has in his Catalogue enumerated all thole Dif- 

 eafes that are peculiar to Man, but in Horfes they are very- 

 hard to be diftinguifh'd, becaufe of the Similitude of the 

 common Symptoms ; neither has the Sieur de Solleyfell 

 mended the Matter very much, having confufedly fcatter'd 

 them here and there in his Writings, exceptmg only that he 

 has clafled fome together which were the Concomitants of a 

 great Sicknefs that happened in France and Germany in his 

 Time; but thefe were improperly tcrm'd Difeafes of the 

 Head, being only the Attendants of that Sicknefs. We 

 fliall therefore go on a little more methodically in explain- 

 ing thofe Diforders, as they feem molt agreeable to the 

 State and Condition of that Animal ; and that we may 

 avoid all ufelefs Divifions, we fhall take them in the Method 

 which feems to be the molt natural. 



CHAP, XIV. 



Of the Head-ach. 



THI S has had a particular Place among the Difeafes of 

 the Head^ both by the Pbyficians and Farriers in all 

 Ages ; the lalt have made no Diltinftion, but the Phyfi- 

 dans have diltinguifhed between a Head-ach, which they 

 lam Idiiipathick^ as it proceeds from a»Caufe without thq 

 Blood-velTels, and that which they call Sympathetick^ 

 being the Concgmitant of fome other Difeafe : But our 

 J^ufmefs here is only with the fiift Kind, lince the other is 

 but a Symptom, which mult of courfe wear off with the 

 Difeafe to which it belongs. 



As to the Caufe, it is believed to proceed from a Di- 

 Itradion of the Fibres of fome Blood- vefTels in the Brain, 

 or Membranes thereof, occaiioned by fome of the fmallelt 

 Particles of the ^srum being Itruck into the Pores or Inter- 

 flices of the faid Veilels, by the frequent Occurfions of the 

 Blood. 



The Signs are, according to Marlham^ the hanging 

 down of the Horfe's Head and Ears, dropping of his Urine, 

 dimnefs Qf Sight, fwoln, waterifh Eyes : But thefe are 

 common to divers other Difeafes ; and I am truly of Opi- 

 nion, fuch a Kead-ach cannot be eafily diltinguifh'd in brute 

 Creatures, that want the Faculty of Speech, and therefore 

 v^annot declare their Infirmities : But however^ if a Horfe 



has, 



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