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Strufture and Mechanifm of the Creature, which 

 was the Subjedl of his Art, as Mr. Gibfon handfome- 

 \y exprefles it, in Page 1 34 of his Farrier'' s Guide ; 

 the Story is as follows. 



Mr. Gihfon tells us, " that a Dragoon-Horfe in 

 the Regiment to which he belonged, after a fall 

 five Weeks March, coming to ftand at his Eafe, 

 grew exceeding Coftive, and had his Fundament 

 and Sheath much fwelled, and tiiat he was com- 

 mitted to the Care of one, who was tolerably 

 well Skill'd in many of the common Things ; 

 but being wholly uriacquaintcd widi the Structure 

 and Mechanifm of that Creature, w hich was the 

 Subjeft of his Art, committed a grand Millake 

 in giving him a Urong Dofe of Purging Phyfick. 

 There being no Vent for a Pallage of the Excre- . 

 ments downv/ards, and the Horfe having no Ca- 

 pacity to vomit, and difgorge himfelf upv^anls, 

 was put into the moft violent Agony imaginable, 

 and at laft died in {Irong Convulfions." 

 Mr. Gib [071 goes on faying, " that perhaps this 

 Man might have fucceeded in Cafes of lefs Ob- 

 fiinacy, and where there was little or no Swel- 

 ling of the Fundament ; and that if there had 

 been a PoiTibiiity of making the Horfe vomit, 

 he might have fucceeded even in this Cafe ; for 

 then the Phyfick would have gone off that way, 

 and after feveral Difcharges by the Mouth, the 

 Remainder might have gone downwards, as it 

 oftentimes happens to Human Bodies ; becaufe 

 the draining to vomit makes a flrong Compreffi- 

 on of the Mufcles of the lower Belly, which 

 greatly forwards the Dejedions by the Funda- 

 ment : And therefore in fome obftinate Cafes of 

 this Nature, the befl Phyficians have ordei'd 

 Vomits with Succefs. But as it is quite other- 

 wife with Horfes ; and that their Stomachs are 

 not otherwife to be moved with the ilrongeil 5//- 

 muli^ than only to create Sicknefs, and caufe 

 them to flaver a little i Purging is not to be at- 



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