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worth a Farthing ; I mean as to the Methodus frafcri- 

 bendi or Manner of prefcribing Medicines. I own fe- 

 veral of them, as the late Duke of Ne^vcajile, Sir 

 William Hope, znd others, have treated handfomely 

 with relation to the Menage, as the French call it, 

 of this Creature ; but then give me Leave to fay, 

 they were not competent Judges of the Force and 

 Operation of Medicine. Therefore, when we per- The an- 

 ufe either the Works of the Ancients or premier cknt Far- 

 Moderns upon the Subje6l of Farriery, we fhould do ''^^^^ ^"-^ 

 it with a View to gain fomething from their Prac-^((^g^j^ 

 tice and Obfervation upon the Symptoms or Tokens cenfnred, 

 of Diftempers ; for as to the curative Indications, 

 I am fare they are in a great meafure very lame 

 and defective. 



I cannot give a better Definition of a Dropfy than 

 that which I was long ago taught, by my much re- 

 fpeded Preceptor Dr. Boerhaanje \ And tho' this 

 Definition feems diiefly calculated (by that grea^t 

 Luminary in Phyfick ) for human Bodies ; yet I am 

 fati^fied it will hold good with relation to Horfes, 

 whofe Arteries, Veins, Lymphedufts, ^c. r.re 

 conical as ours ; and Matter mull be indued with 

 like Properties, whether it be found in the Shape 

 of a Man or a brute Creature. 



Dr. Bocrhaa've''i> Definition of an Anofarca or 

 Dropfy when the whole Habit of the Body is llufF'd 

 with pituitous or piilcgniy Humors, is as follows : 

 . ** As often as in the whole Habit of the fubcu- Dr. 5c?r- 

 *' taneous Fat the Lpnpha Hagnates, or is let o\xX.haave''sDt?i' 

 «' of the VefTels, it forms a Dropfy ; and the Signs ^^^^^"'J^^ »^ 

 *' of it are, a foft, loofe Tumour of the whole Body,. ^ *' 

 ** really 'oedematous ( or cold and watry ) in the 

 ** Legs efpecially, a Defire of Drinking, the Urine 

 V thin, white, i^c. 



As the Dropfy of the whole Body is by the 

 Greeks ililed Leucophleg',7w.tia, and becaufe it proceeds 

 from a Kind of Lsmpli or V/ater,- it may not be 

 thought improper for ni}' prefent Purpofe to give 

 the Header a general Notion of what we mean by 



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