IMPROVED. S9 



to be denied, provided they confift of proper Mix- 

 tures, ^<". Befides, when a Horfe is feized with a 

 Fever, he will often fmell to the Ground without 

 pafturing or feeding. Thefe I think are the moli 

 common Signs. Now for the Cure. 



Having laid down the Caufes, as far as we may The Cure. 

 well judge, and alfo the Signs of a Symptomatick 

 Fever, it remains that I go thro* the Methods of 

 Cure ; and herein we are to obferve, that fmce there 

 can be no Accidents in thefe Kinds of Fevers but what 

 depend upon the Augmentation of the Blood's cir- 

 cular Motion, and while in this State the Blood is 

 not fuppofed to be in any wife, or at leaft but little, 

 vitiated, thofe Things are only to be done or admi- 

 nillred, which tend to leffen the faid Motion, and 

 bring it to a more quiet and fedate State. There- Clyfters 

 fore. Bleeding is in the firfl Place necefTary, after proper in 

 which Clyfters, compounded of a ilrong Decoftion ^ ^^'^^^' 

 ef Senna^ with about a Quarter of a Pound of the 

 eoarfeil Sugar dilTolved in each, may be proper at 

 due Intervals : for Example, once every Day to keep 

 the Horfe'' s Body open. 



There are not many Drugs required in thefe Fe- 

 vers ; for, as I have faid, proper Bleeding, along 

 with the continued Ufe of Clyfters for about fix 

 Days, is fufficient to conquer the Difeafe, provided 

 the Hcrfe's Diet confift of proper Food, and this 

 fhould be given him fparingly ; for Nature is the 

 beft Guide, which (in Man as well as Brute Crea- 

 tures) commands, thatinmoft (or even all ) Difor- 

 ders, a ftridl Regard be had 7iot to over-charge the 

 Stomach ; for by fuch Mifmanagement, She is (o 

 far from being affiiled, that fhe is, on the contrary, 

 hindered in her Efforts towards carrying off the Dif- 

 eafe. 



A Horfe in a Fever fhould have no cold Water A Horfe in 

 given him, but rather Milk and Water warm, with a Fever 

 a little Oat-meal ftrewed upon it ; and this may in- {f^^^'lJ^no 

 deed be given him in pretty large Quantities, as a cold Wa- 

 Diluter and Cooler of the Blood, ^c, ter, 



Purging 



