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is not any flich Thing as prefcribing general Rules 

 in Fevers, which fometimes require more, fome- 

 times lefs of Purgatives, fuch as the Leniti^ve Elec- 

 tuary, Ele8uary calPd CaryocoJiirMin, or fuch like, 

 to be mixed with the Clyfters : But if what I have 

 before prefcribed caufe the Horfe to void his Excre- 

 ments, I think it is fufhcient without adding any 

 Thins; purgative more. 



Ch iters Ihould be injefled pretty warm ; for Ex- Clyflers 

 ample, as warm as one can poffibly hold the Bladder |h('uld be 

 with the Liquor unto one's Cheek ; and the Horfe's '^?^^^y \?/]rm 

 Tail kept clofe to his Fundament for fome Time, 

 that the Clyfter may be retained as long as may be. 



There are many m.ore Forms of Clyilers pre- 

 fcribed, in ancient Authors, but this which I have 

 fet down may fufiice, and will do as much Service 

 as all the reft, which are only of the like Intention. 



I think it necdlefs to enumerate all the different 

 Kinds of Fcv«;rs, fuch as the Putrid, the Peflikn- 

 t'lal, the Heciick, the Intermitting^ and the like ; 

 feeing it would not be of Ufe to the Reader, and 

 only ferve to fwell this Treatife, which I defign to 

 write as concife as poffible, yet with all due Regard 

 to the Diftempers which Gentlemen can or may 

 form jufl Idea's of. And therefore I at prefent quit 

 the Subje6l of Fevers, and proceed to difcourfe up- 

 on what the Farriers commonly term Surfeits. 



C H A P. VIII. 



Of Surfeits, 



AS this is a Term frequently ufed among Far- 

 riers, as well as all Sorts of People, to lig- 

 nify a Difeafe, I think it not amifs to fay fome- 

 thing in relation to it. 



By a Surfeit is principally underllood, all fuch J^^.'^ ,'^ 

 Maladies or Diftempers as proceed from exceffive and mi^^nc by 

 immoderate Feeding,, but efpecially upon unwholc- a Siirlit. 



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