IMPROVED. 13 



Prefervatioil ouglit to be continued, in Propor- 

 tion to a HoiTe's Strength and Manner of Feed- 

 ing ; for one of thefe Creatures, of a delicate 

 and tender Make or Conftitution, cannot bear 

 much Exercife, nor fliould fuch a Horfe's Airings 

 be violent but gentle, and by this Management 

 he may perform Work enough for moll Men's 

 Qccafion?, though I muH own he would not fjit 

 my Tajle or Bujlnefs. 



CHAP. III. 



Contains fome general Rules to be obfewed in Bleed- 

 ing and Purging Horjes, 



Have, in the foregoing Chapter, taken notice 

 of feme Errors committed in Bleeding and 

 Purging, therefore I Ihall, in this, lay down 

 feme general Rules to be obferved in thefe Ope- 

 rations. 



And firft, I fa}% Bleeding is the mOiL resdy, as 

 well as the moll ufeful Operation, for relieving any 

 Creature in Sicknefs, or Difeafed, that can poflibly 

 be performed : For by this the moll immediate 

 Relief is obtained, feeing that by it the fierce ^fius 

 or Heat of the Blood, together with its Velocity, is 

 rellrained and abated ', and not only the Heat and 

 Velocity, but likewife its Vifcidity or Clammynefs, 

 may (in fome meafure) be dellroyed. Therefore in 

 all Cafes, where the Blood is too much rgitated 

 and in Motion, or where it is thick and fizey j I 

 fay, in thefe and fuch like Cafes, this Operation is 

 of Service. But I Ihall lay down fome particular 

 Dire6lions which more efpecially require Bleeding, 

 and, in doing this, I fhall not tie People down to 

 particular Times or Seafons, or the Influences of 

 the Planets, though indeed the old phyfical Writers 

 put great Strefs upon the lall of thefe, notwith- 

 ilanding they were ignorant of natural Philofo- 



