IMPROVED. S5 



Therefore, I fay, that the DiffbreiKc is trifling, as 

 to Bleeding in either Side; for the Benefit acCTues 

 from the BIood''s Quantity being leflened, more 

 ithan any thing elfe. And in my Opinion the Learn- 

 ed might employ their Time and Talents much bet- 

 ter, than in Squabbling about fuch fmall Diflinfli- 

 ons as they make with relation to Phlebotomy. 



Before I quit tliis Subjecl:, I mull not omitt one 

 very good Obfervation made by Capt. Burdon^ inCapt. 5«>'- 

 his Pocket Farrier, about the Caufe of the Staggers, fj-^j^J^'^f''! 

 and that is, ** Do}i^t let your Horfe Jland too ^5^<§"g,-rsj"&c. 

 *' nx:ithout Exercife^ it fills his Belly too full of Meat 

 ** and his Veins too full of Blood , and from hence 

 I** (f^y^ ^^) ^^^ Staggers and many other Difiempers 

 *' proceed.'' 



It is a very hard Matter for a Farrier to judge 

 between a Fever of the Brain occafioning a Frenzy, 

 and the Dillemper (by them) .term'd the Stagers orTj^eUj^g 

 Staggers', for if a Horfe hangs down his Head andSympt'^ms 

 Ears, and reels to and fro, they immediately pro- attend a 

 nouncc him ill of the Staggers; whereas the fame ^^'^^^^ ; 

 Symptoms happen upon a Frenzy, occafioned (as I ^^\ ^^^ 

 have before hinted) from a Fever of the Brain. Staggers. 

 Therefore, the Motion of the Blood mufl be re- 

 garded; for if that be too quick, it indicates a Fe- 

 ver. But fmce it is plain , that a Fever of the 

 Blrain and the Staggers require much the fame Me- 

 thod of Cure, I fhall proceed to an Account of 

 •what's proper in fuch Diftempers. 



And firji, I fay, Bleeding to the Tune of four ^-.^^ q^^^ 

 or five Quarts (if the Horfe be pretty ftrong) is moil 

 likely to do Service ; for, nothing is more certain 

 than that Difeafes are cured by their Contraries ; and 

 as the Staggers is a Diflemper which mollly pro- Origin of 

 ceeds from an Overfullnefs of the Blood- Veilels in the Stag- 

 the Brain, there is no Difpute but all evacuating S^^s. 

 Medicines take place after B!eei!:.g. 



Secondly, Purging may be of Service, as it helps Purging 

 forward the Difcharge of a Load of Humours from proper, and 

 the Guts and GlanS thereabouts : Bat, as to any ^^^^' 



particular 



