Chap. XIX. Of Frenzy and Mad?iefs. 6% 



CHAP. XIX, 



Of the Frenzy and Madnefs in a Horfe^ 



ALtho' we are very well aflur'd that our "Brltijh Horfes 

 are iiot often fabjed to Madnefs, yet becaufe the 

 Italian Authors, and like wife fome of our own, have 

 ranked it among the Difeafes of the Brain, Cf^. we fhall 

 therefore, in Obedience to Cuftom, before we leave this 

 . Subjed, take Notice of thofe things that are tlie moil hkely 

 to produce Frantick Diforders. 



Firji of all then^ A Frenzy may be caus'd T/^^ Canfis of 

 by the exceflive Hurry of the Blood in a le- « Fren-zy. 

 gitimate fimple Fever; but that Symptom will very readily 

 abate, by thofe Things that are proper to ailwage the Vio- 

 lence of that Difeafe. 



Secondly^ Blood or Matter colleded upon the Brain^ or 

 the Membranes that involve it, mayoccafion a Frenzy, 

 v.'hether that proceed from Wounds or Bruifes, or fforri a 

 Diltradion or Rupture of the Ve'llels, when they have been 

 ever- full and diftended beyond Meafure, or when there is 

 any foreign Subllance grown within the Skull; but then a 

 Frenzy arifing from fuch Caufes, will probably end in fud- 

 den Death. 



Thirdly y A Fretizy may follow upon the Bite of any veno- 

 mous Creature ; but this will aifed the Head as a Peftilential 

 or other malignant Fever, and as to Internals, mud be treat- 

 ed after the flime Manner ; what relates more efpecially to 

 the Wound, fhall be taken Notice of in its proper Place. 



But Ai/?/y, That Sort of Frenzy, which in a more parti- 

 cular Manner deferves the Name of Madnefs, is what may 

 happen v.^ithout the Concurrence of any other Dif:afe, and 

 is moft likely to proceed from excelTive Lull, occafion'd by 

 full Feeding, either in a Horfe or Mare, and when they are 

 reftrain'd from Copuladon ; for by this Means many lively 

 Images may be prefented to the Imagination, without any 

 Certainty or Order, and like a Dream delude the Fancy ; 

 fo that they will be apt to tear and rend every thing that 

 comes before them. But this may alio be cur'd by Bleeding 

 •:iid Purging, with the Concurrence of a low Diet, i^c, 



The Stallion fnuffi the ivell-btown Scent afar^ 

 And jnorti and trembles for the diftant Mars -, 



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