ao Tpje Art of Farriery 



Purging Secondly^ Purging may be allowable in Diforders 



iJi fordcrs of^^ ^^^ Stomach, before other Things are adminiftred, 

 the Sto- ^^^ ^^^^' becaule a Horfe can feldom or perhaps 

 mach, and never difgorge himfelf by Vomit. 

 foiilneCs of thirdly, it is proper in all Foulneffes of the Guts, 

 the vaiits. for di-iving out all vifcid and flimy Matter, and par- 

 ticularly when a Horfe is troubled with Worms, 

 provided the Purge confifts of fuch Ingredients, as 

 I ihall hereafter mention, when I come to treat of 

 this common though troublefome 'Reptile, which 

 afHids moll Horfes fooner or later. And farther- 

 more. Purging may be neceffary in Coftivenefs, 

 and in feveral kinds of Diarrhoea s or LoofenefTes of 

 the Belly ; but thefe likewife mufl confift of well 

 adapted Ingredients, <viz. fuch as after Purging in a 

 gentle and eafy Manner, conllringe and leave a 

 binding Quality behind them, fo as to Ihut up, in 

 feme Sort, the excretory Dudts of the inteftinal 

 Glands : Yet great Care muft be taken in this Mat- 

 ter, left by improper Purges, the Glands fhould be 

 fo relaxed as to bring on an Inflammation of the 

 Guts, by the too violent Operation of the Medicine. 

 Fourthly, and Lajlly j I recommend Purging as 

 ufeful in grofs Habits, where there is any Tendency 

 to fwelling of the Limb?, or any other ??rt of the 

 Body ; in humid and watery Difeafes ; in Diforders 

 of the Liver, caufmg the Jaundice (or Yellows in 

 Horfes i) in Difer.fes of the Eyes and Head, where 

 there is not any Fever, but only a Stagnation of the 

 Blood, in feme of the fmall Capillary or Hair-like 

 VelTels ; for Purging, in fuch Cafes, not only 

 drains oiF Part of the fuperabundant Matter, but 

 alfo (by putting the Blood in a brisker Motion) 

 caufes a Separation of its grofler Parts ; fo that it 

 moves with more Eafe and Freedom through all its 

 Canals, and by this Means is brought more readily 

 to the fecretory O.-Hces, or particular Outleti, dc- 

 figned by Nature to throw off the excrementitious 

 Parts of Nourifhment. 



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