I Chap. XXV. Of a COLD, &c. S5 



ever therefore be xhQProcatartick Caufe (as Phyficians term 

 It) whether from Colds, Surfeits, or from any P'ault in a 

 Horfe's Feeding, iifc. it is very certain the Cure muft con- 

 iift in all thofe Things that are proper to open Obftrucflions 

 in the fmalleft Paflages ^ for by that Means thofe io the bot- 

 tom pf the Eye may be removed. 



Wherefore if your Horfe has Strength ^, ^ 



u*u -L u-T-rn. ni ^'^^ Cure. 



enough to bear it, he ought m the firft Place 

 to be bled, and afterwards purged two or three times with 

 the Remedies prefcribed in the preceeding Chapter ; but 

 Rowelling mull by no Means be negleded : And becaufe 

 the Mmeral Kingdom affords us Medicines of the molt 

 powerful Operations in all fuch obftinate Cafes, Recourfe 

 may be had to the Antimonial Balls directed in the Farcin, 

 or to the Cinnabar Balls in the fame Chapter, or thofe ap- 

 pointed for the Staggers ; which being continued for fome 

 Time, will, no doubt, prevent Blindnefs : But if the Re- 

 ' iina be fo much comprefs'd as to lofe all Senfation, the 

 Cafe will be very, defperate ; for this Sort of Blindnefs is 

 ilrldom or never to be cured but in its Infancy. 



^ G H A P. XXV, 



Of a Cold and Morfounding, 



AFter we have faid fo much in another yJ Cold and im^ 

 """Place concerning Fevers and SurfeitSyWe perfed Fever. 

 need not take much of the Reader's Time in explaining 

 the Nature of a Cold ; fince a Cold, as fuch, is no other 

 than an imperfed Fever, and afFeds the Body in many Cir- 

 jcumftances,as vre have defcrib'd a Surfeit, only we thought 

 t might not be improper to tranfpofe it to this Place,becaufe 

 the Difeafes of the Lungs, which we are to treat of in the 

 following Chapters, though they often proceed from divers 

 other Caufes, yet they have a greater Dependency on a Cold 

 than any other Diftemper, as a Cold more efpecially afFedts 

 the Lungs, and the Parts appertaining to them. 



Now the Caufes of a Cold are fufficiently ^he Caufe of 

 ' known to every one, being produced of all Colds. 

 thofe things that caufe a fudden Stagnation of the Pores ; as 

 when a Horfe has been very much heated, and in this Con- 

 dition expos'd to the fharp Air, without being at fome Pains 

 (Q cool him by degrees, and negleding to rub off the Sweat, 

 which ftrikes a Chillinefs and Damp over the v/hole Body ; 

 O 3; pev- 



