IMPROVED. 1^9 



Experience,) fubjefts Men, Horfes, tffc. to CoMs 

 or Rheumy DiiUllations upon the Brain, Lungs, 

 Fauces or Jaws, and ib forth : And whenfoever this 

 happens, they do not all begin at one Time, but 

 one after another, according as the Blood and Hu- 

 mours are in a State to receive the Infc(fl:ion from 

 the infpircd Air ; and really in all Colds, one fhould 

 guard as much as pofiible againft the G/af:ders or In- 

 duration and hardening of the Glands or Kernels 

 about the Throat j and this may be done in the fol- 

 lowing Manner. 



As the Glanders fecms to be an AfFedion of tha 

 Glands of the Throat, whether from catching Cold, 

 unwholefcme Food which renders the Blood poor 

 and vifcid, or from the bad Conltitution of the Air 

 producing fuch Diforders,; I fay, let ir be from any 

 of thefe Caufes, the Hori'e mull be managed in 

 much the fam.e Way : But the Bufmefs is to take The Cure, 

 the Diltemper in its firfl Stage, and nip it in the 

 Bud : For, after the Matter or Running has acquired 

 a malignant and corrofive Quality, whereby the foft 

 fpungy Bones in the Nofe are become Carious or 

 rotten ; {which may be known from the ill Colourr, 

 Smell, ^c. ) when this is the Cafe, it is paft Reme- 

 dy, or at leail the Remedy is worfe than the Dif- 

 cafe. 



In the firft Place, the Korfe is to be kept very Diet for a 

 warm, and fed with clean good Food ; as fweet wellHorft m 

 IhakedHay, Oats ground, and fome of the rougher "^^^ GUn- 

 Seeds taken out, Maflies, and the like, with a con- 

 tinued Ufe of warm Water and Oat-meal for fome 

 Time ; and of thebtter, to wit. Oat-meal, be not 

 too fparing ; for the Glanders are occafioned often- 

 times thro' Poverty, and Lownefs of Flefh. There- 

 lore, as Difeafes are cured by their Contraries^ what 

 affords good wholefome Nourifhment, and adds Spi- 

 rits to the Blood, muil undoubtedly be of Service "^^leeding 

 in this Cafe. m'''^ i^T 



Secondly, Bleeding is proper in the Beginning of|,;i^g oi^Jhe 

 the Diilemjer, that is, before the Humours have i/iiKniiKr.' 

 I too 



