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yet it ought to be praftifed with the greateft Caution 

 and Circumfpeflion ; and if Blood mull be taken 

 away, it ought only to be done fparingly and in 

 very fmall Quantities. 



Thirdly, I would ha\''e the Farrier always re- 

 member this General Rule, to wit, that Bleeding 

 is requifite in all Impojlumatiotts or Gatherings of cor- 

 rupt Matter in any Part of a Horfe's Body, and more 

 efpecially uuhen fuch Snvellings are fituate upon the 

 Glands or Kernels of the Throat, or nvhen they en- 

 danger Suffocation, or any other e<vil Accident : But 

 if the Farrier is confulted too late, I mean if he is 

 only called when the Horfe has been ill for feveral 

 Days, and that there is a Tendency to Suppuration, 

 or coming to a Head, as it is vulgarly called j I 

 fay, in this cafe Bleeding is not to be ufed, becaufe 

 by fo doing we oppofe Nature, who is at this time 

 endeavouring to throw off the Enemy another way. 

 But in Swellings of the Legs, occafioned by the 

 Greafe (as it is called,) Bleeding may be ferviceable, 

 efpecially if it be ufed in the Beginning of the 

 Diforder ; for by this Help Re^uuljion or a forcing 

 the Humours to a contrary Part, is performed, 

 and when this is efFe£led, then it is neceffary to 

 purge the Plorfe in order to carry fuch Foulnefs off 

 by the moft proper Outlet : For, what fignifies 

 caufmg a Re^uJJlon, unlefs you afterwards free the 

 Horfe's Body of what's oppreffive and burthcnfome 

 to Nature : For if the peccant Humour happens 

 (by Bleeding) to be tranilated from the Extremities, 

 it is ten to one but fome more noble Part is afFeded 

 by it, unlefs fpecial Care be taken to purge it off in 

 the moft judicious Manner. 



I have faid, that Bleeding is proper en Account Bleeding 

 of Swellings in the Legs, occafioned by the Greafe, vyopsr m 

 provided it be ufed in the Beginning, and before J^^^^ ^ 

 they are too much inflamed, by reafon this Diftem- ^^^' 

 per at firft chiefly proceeds from a Stagnation or un- 

 due Circulation of the Blood in thefe extreme Parts, 

 where the fame lofes a great deal of its Force, by 



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