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phy, a Science fo efTentially neceflary in the Cure 

 of Difeafes either in Human or Brute Creatures. 

 I do not deny, but in feveral Cafes the Planetaty 

 Influences upon the Fluids of the Body are exceed- 

 ing wonderful ; and thefe Operations the learned 

 Dr. Mead has fully explained, in his Treatife de 

 iviperio Solis et Luna : But this Gentleman*s Way 

 of fplitting Hairs is too tedious a Task for me tQ 

 to venture on at prefent ; neither would the fame 

 (in my Opinion) be either edifying or inftruftive 

 to the greateft Part of my Readers. Therefore I 

 hope to purfue my firft Rule and Defign, which 

 was to publifh this Book with all the Perfpicuity 

 and Plainnefs imaginable. 

 Bleeding to And Jtrfi, Bleeding ought to be avoided (if it can 

 be avoided ^vith Safety) in all Extremities of Heat or Cold, 

 Cold o?"^^ and the Signs which require it are a Vlethora or 

 Hot Wea- Overfulnefs of the Blood- Veflels, and this may be. 

 ther. difcovered by a Horfe's being purfive when he is 



put to any Kind of Exercife, that is if he be not ac- 

 tually JJlmatick, (or Broken-winded as the Farrier's 

 Term goes ;) and even in this Cafe Bleeding won- 

 derfully relieves a Horfe's Breathing, by leffening 

 the Quantity of that Fluid with which his Lungs, 

 are fo inflated and blown up. 



Secondly, Blood-letting is requifite and neceffary 

 in almoft all Fevers, whether Simple or Com- 

 plicate, that is to fay, whether the Fever confills 

 in an augmented Velocity or Quicknefs cf the 

 Blood's Motion, or when the Blood is (along with 

 this increafing Motion) vitiate or corrupt. But 

 Care Ihould be taken to form a right Judgment of 

 the Diftemper : For, if it have its Origin from 

 Want of Blood and Spirits, as is frequently the 

 Cafe, after large Hemorrhages or accidental Lofles 

 of Blood ; or after long Scouring, or too plentiful 

 Evacuations of whatfoever Kind ; or when a HorfQ 

 has for fome time been in a wafling or declining 

 Condition; I fay, in thefe Cafes (although fome 

 Indications or Signs may fhew Bleeding proper) 



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