a2 The Art of Fa r r i e r y 



to work upon, than a grofs fat Horfe, who has 

 little or no Exercife. ** 



I have given thefe loofe Hints about Bleeding 

 and Purging, before I enter upon a Difcourfe of 

 the Diftempers incident to Horfes, as the fame was 

 necefiary to be confider'd by all Farriers, and is, 

 or ought to be, one of the Fundamentals of their 

 Pra6lice; I mean this, 'vi%. that every Farrier 

 Ihould rightly and duly weigh each and every Symp- 

 tom or Token of Sicknefs in a Horfe, and confider 

 well, whether he requires Bleeding, or Purging, 

 or both ; and not, ( as is too common, ) ftrike his 

 Fleams into his Neck, or tofs a Purge into his Sto- 

 mach, hah 7tab at random, which may very likely 

 go near to kill him, when performed without due 

 Caution, But what relates to this, and other Ope- 

 rations, both manual and other, will, I hope, be 

 fully and clearly laid down in the Sequel of this 

 Book, to the Farrier's Satisfei^ion, as well as of all 

 Gentlemen, who admire good Horfes. And I 

 ftiall do my utmoil, to apply all general Rules as 

 juftly and methodically as poflible. 



CHAP. IV. 



Of the Strangles. 



AS this is, for the moil Part, one of tjie firfl 

 Diftempers that youn^ Colts are fubjeft to, 

 I judge it proper to be firft treated of; after which, 

 I fhall enumerate the different Kinds of Fevers, to 

 which Horfes are liable. And 



Fh'fty I fay, the Strangles is a Swelling under 

 the Throat between the Jaw-Bones, and feems not 

 to differ (in any great Degree) from what we term 

 the Quinfy in human Bodies ; though it is faid, 

 that the Seat of the Strangles is not fo much upon 

 the Glands as upon the Mufcles, and therefore it 

 proceeds fooner to Impoftumation, or Gathering, 



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