IMPROVED. 17 



It is moil likely to ftagnate or ftop in the Extre- 

 mities and fmali Capillary or Hair-like Blood- Vef- 

 fels ; becaufe the fucceeding Fluid is deftitute of 

 force to impel c-r drive forward the antecedent Part 

 of the Blood : And this no doubt is true Doftrine, 

 fitice by taking Blood away, we take away from 

 its Force or Momentum, which in the Cafe cidcribed 

 is already too fmall, and therefore Bleeding may 

 fometimes (as S alley fell has obferved) occafion Difor- 

 ders of the Eyes, if not abfolute and total Blindnefs. 

 But then in all Overfulnefs of the VefTels, from hard- 

 riding, or from whatever Caufe, which drives the 

 Blood into the Extremities faller then it can be re- 

 turned by the fmall Capillary VefTels, or if the 

 State of the Blood be too vifcid or clammy, by 

 which Means it loiters in the fmall VefTels of the 

 Eye -lids or Body of the Eyes, Bleeding muft then 

 be of Service, and from the fame Theory it may be 

 proper in the Farcin, and other Difeafes of the 

 Skhi. 



Lajjly, the Horfe's Age fhould be confider'd : 

 For a young Horfe, though he be more fubjeft 

 to Difeafes than an old hardened Stager, yet 

 he will fooner recover the Lofs of his Blood ; and 

 in my Opinion, a Horfe in the Prime of his Years, 

 will of all Ages '.-'ithf -nd fuch Evacuation bell : 

 But as to regulating when and at what Age a Horfe 

 may be faid to be in his Prime, it is very uncertain, 

 aJid mufl only be learned from fuch and fuch Breeds 

 of Horfes ; for, there is (to my own Knowledge) as 

 much Difference in this Particular with relation to 

 the Prime of Age in Horfes, as there is in Man, 

 and there are as long-lived, flout and hardy Gene- 

 rations (comparatively fpeaking) amongfl thefe Crea- 

 tures, as amongfl Mankind ; and on the contrary, 

 fome are old whilll they are yet young,* ( if I m?y 

 be allow'd the ExprefTion.) 



• The Reafonwhy a Horfe is not fubjea to Sick- The Rea- 

 nefs and Fainting<= during the Operation of Bleeding, j-^oi-lLisnot 

 is -becaufe of his prone and Horizontal Pollure, s,(:k In 



v.hich Bleeding. 



