122 The^ARRUK's NcwGuide. Ch. XXXIII. 



CHAP. XXXIII. 



OftheDifeafes of the Stomach j andfirjl of the 

 Lofs of Appetite, and of a depravd Appetite^ 



A S the Food of Horfes confills of the molt fimple Pro- 

 ■■^^ dudtions of the Earth, they cannot be liable to many 

 Difeafes in their Stomach ; and therefore when we obferve 

 a Horfe lofe his Appetite, we may very readily fufpe6l that 

 Diforderto be a Symptom of fome other Dileafe, or to be 

 the Effed of fome fudden Accident or Mifmanagement. 

 For it is very certain, whatever caufes the Blood to flow in 

 an over-great quantity into the Stomach, muft be the Occa- 

 lionofa Plenitude and Fulnefs of the Veflels, which, accor- 

 ding to its Degree, will lellen the Appetite and Inability of" 

 Digeftion; and if it amounts to an Iniiammation, or if thofe 

 Vellels be very much diftended, it muft needs caufe not on- 

 ly a Want of Appetite, but a Loathing aifo. 

 7^e Want of And thus we obferve in all Fevers and violent . 

 Jppetite difiin- Colds,a Horfeforfakes his Food, and fome- 

 guijh'd from that times We may take Notice in him the fame 

 'which accompa- Diflji^g to eating after immoderate Exercife, 



TtherStcherr ^^ ^^^^^ drinking cold Water when he has-been 

 tc nejs. j^g^j-g^ . Qj. ^fj-gj. ^ JQj^g ^j^^ tedious Day's Ri- 

 ding in hot Weather ; and in fine, after all thofe Errors 

 that may be the Caufe of Fevers, and moft other Sicknefles. 

 And becaufe fuch Diforders very often go off without any 

 other vifible Symptom than the Lofs of Appetite, they are 

 therefore very often attributed wholly to the Stomach. 



But the Dif*eafesof the Stomach, which, properly fpeak- 

 ing, produce the Want of Appetite, have not their imme- 

 diate Dependence upon any other Difeafe, but proceed either 

 from the Quantity or Quality of what is contained in it, 

 and in this Cafe the Signs are different from the former ; 

 for in the one the Horfe v/holly forfikes his Food, and in 

 the other he is dainty, yet he eats, though it be but little, 

 and is capable cf doing proportionable Service. 

 The CauCe ^^'^ ^'^^^ Imperfection, for the moll part, pro- 



ceeds from a Lentor'm the Bowels, and Corfivc- 

 nefs,when a Horfe has Hood fome time in the Stable, has had 

 full Feeding without proportionable Exercife ; for by that 

 Means theStomuch is not only too full, but the Juices turn 

 corrupted by their Stagnation and acquire fome evil Qualities 



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