64- T^eFARRnu'sNe'wGmde. CHAP,XVIIi 



CHAP. XVIII. 



Of the Lethargy-, or Sleeping %viL 



^TpHough this Dlftemper is as feldom to be met with ris 

 -■- the former, yet becaufe it has been treated oiF by fom^ 

 of our Authors, we fhall fay as much concerning it as is 

 needful. 



Markham obfervcs, that it proceeds from Phlegm ; and 

 that white and dun Horfes being of a phlegmatick Difpoli- 

 tion, are moil fubjed: to it. But a Lethargy is as near al- 

 ly*d to thofe that have been the laft delcrib'd, as polliblej 

 and is oftentimes their Companion, and is produced by the 

 lame Caufes which bring on an Apoplexy, or any or the 

 other Diftempers peculiar to the Head. P"or in a Lethargy, 

 tho' a Creature is not abfolutely depriv'd of Senfe and Mo- 

 lion, yet by a Preliiire of the fmall Arteries upon the Nerves,' 

 and an Over-thicknefs of the nervous Juice, both the exter- 

 nal and internal Senfes become dull, cauling a perpetual In- 

 clination to Sleep, which at length, as it impairs the animal 

 Faculty, weakens and decays the Body. 



^he Cure "^^^ ^'^^^ '^' ^^ ^^^ Beginning, to take a 



moderate Quantity of Blood, if your Horfe' 

 be in good Cafe 3 but if he be very poor, and that the Dif- 

 eafe has taken its Origin from Exinanition, then your Horfe^ 

 if at all, is to be but fparingly bled and purged. 



But Chewing-balls of the moft fetid ilinking Things ima- 

 ginable, are to be ufed every Day, fo far as the Horfe's 

 Strength is able to bear the Adion ; for thefe will help to 

 rouze his Spirits, and put the Blood into a brisker Motion. 

 And for the fame purpofe. Volatile Salts or Spirits, as thofe 

 of Armoniack, or Harts-horn, may be fometimes held to his 

 Nofe. The Cinnabar-balh^ directed in an Apcplexy and 

 Vertigo, ought alfo to be given him every day, and con- 

 tinued for a confiderable Time, and Rowels or other Iflues 

 ought to be put into his Belly, but particularly a Hair- 

 Rowel put through his Skin behind the Poll of his Head, 

 which alone will fuihce, if the Horfe be weak. In which 

 Cafe alfo he mull be well kept, by having Food often, tho* 

 but little at a Time, ^y this Method your Horfe may be 

 recovered, if he is not wore out with Age, or very much 

 broke by the Continuance of his Difeafe. 



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