lo T'he Art of Fa r ^ l e r y 



the Pndlice, go on in the blind Road of Ignorance ; 

 for I fuppofe they will be averfe to better Guides. 



But leaft I Ihould be thought too peremptory and 

 pofitive upon this Head, or to deviate too far from 

 the common receiv'd Rules about Bleeding, Purg- 

 ing, &c. I fhall lay down fome few Cafes, where- 

 in Bleeding, or other Evacuations may be made, 

 even when there are no Indications to be taken 

 from Sicknefs : But even thefe are difcretionary, 

 and to be praftifed with Caution and Judgment : For 

 inflance. Bleeding may be of Service to young 

 Horfes which are pretty fat, or have undergone any 

 hard Exercife, or after a Journey in a hot Seafon ; 

 becaufe either the one or the other is apt to aug- 

 ment and increafe the Blood's Motion in too great a 

 Degree, which may (before it has acquired any ill 

 Tendency) be thus remedied: But even this may 

 not be neceffary to Horfes that are accuHomed to con- 

 llant Exercife, as Hunting, or the like, or thofe that 

 travel moftly the Yearabout ; fuch are Stage-Coach- 

 Horfes, Poji-Horfesy iffc. Secondly, a Horfe that has 

 been much ufed to {landing, and gets but little Exer- 

 cife, may have a Vein opened, efpecially if there be 

 any Reafon, to fufpeft his Blood growing Vifcid and 

 flagnating for Want of proper Airings ; becaufe, 

 while he is thus kept, a Difeafe may inienfibly, and 

 by Degrees, be creeping upon him, while as yet no 

 certain Indication can be taken from outward 

 Signs, thirdly, it may be proper to bleed, pro- 

 vided a Horfe has had the Misfortune to tumble 

 into a Pit of Water or deep Ditch, and the more 

 fo, if he has continued there any confiderable Time ; 

 for although he does not Ihew immediate Signs of 

 Sicknefs, yet fuch Accidents are a fufficient War- 

 rantry for Bleeding and Cordial Remedies ; by rea- 

 fon the Aftriftion or Shutting up of the Pores, oc- 

 cafioned by the Coldnefs and Preffure of the Water, 

 may caufe either a Fever, or a violent Cough, 

 which may very likely end in the Glanders, or 

 ibme other as fatal Dillemper, 



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