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I muft not, however, clofe this Chapter, with- In Bleeding 

 oat acquainting the Reader, that in Bleeding and i^"^ Pvirg- 

 Purging a particular Regard muft be had to tl^^ g'Jfcnsth f 

 Strength of every Horfe ; by Reafon ( in the laft ^ Horle to 

 Cafe) the Irritation, or pricking and convulfive bv; conlickr- 

 Twitching, which many Kinds of Purges occafion, ^'d. 

 (during their Operation,) brings on great Sick?iefsj 

 convuljt^je MotioJis of the Body, damp Siueafs, &c. 

 fwhich too often end in Death. 



A Horfe is with much more Difficulty purged 

 than a Man, becaufe of their prone or horizontal 

 Pofture, which helps nothing towards -forwarding 

 the Medicine; therefore the Phyfick lies moftly 

 twenty four Hours in his Guts, before it operates. 

 And, for the moft Part, the Purges given to Horfes 

 confift of fuch Things as are of a refmous Quality, 

 and thele, of all other, are moft fubje6l to caufe 

 violent Gri pings, cold Sweats, l^c. ; for, asi they 

 are ordered moftly without any Mixture to qualify 

 tliis Property, it is much, fo many Horfes get 

 through their Phyfick every Spring : And I rather 

 attribute it to the Strength of the Horfe's Conftitu- 

 tion, than to any good Judgment in the Farriers, 

 or common Keepers of galloping Horfes, For 

 there is no Doubt, in the leaft, but the fame ge- 

 neral Rule will hold good in purging Horfes, as it 

 does in Men ; I mean, the Idiofncracy of Bodies is Confukr 

 to be firft (as much as may be) ftudied amongft theldiolyn- 

 thefe Creatures : And this Knowledge of the pe- ^'.'^^V '^' ^°" 

 culiar Temperament or Difpofition of this or ^ ^"^^^ 

 that Horfe, with relation to his being eafily or 

 difficultly v/rought upon by any Kind of Medicines, 

 will, I am convinced, be the greateft Guide a 

 Farrier can follow. And this Difpofition may, in 

 fome Meafure, be learned from the Horfe's Con- 

 ftrudure or Make, the firmnefs of his Flefh, i^c, ; 

 for thofe Horfes which are kept at hard Meat a long 

 Time together, and get pretty well of Exercife 

 along with it, are (it is very well known) moft dif- 

 ficultly purged, by Reafon they have fev/er Juicesi 



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