I'll ^he Art 0/ Farriery 



Give the Horfe a Pint of this Infufion at a Time 

 Morn and Even^ and in a little Time the Crafis or 

 due Mixture and Quality of the Blood will be re- 

 Itored, and the Horfe again to his Appetite, &c. 

 A particu- The Cafe 1 prcpofed to mention was this. A 

 lar Cafe of very worthy Gentleman of my Acquaintance, who 

 ^ ^^d b''^ loves a good Horfe and Hunting, had one of his 

 Accident, ^"^^^^^"s under the Farrier's Care for fome Diforder 

 or other, wliich I do not now particularly remem- 

 ber, but the Fellow was doing fomething about his 

 Belly, or Infide of his Thigh, with a Knife, which 

 either flipp'd, or upon llarting ran into the Belly 

 of the Hcrfe, upon which there iffued out a consi- 

 derable Quantity of Water, and the Orifice or Hole 

 keeping open for fome Time, I was inform'd there 

 might be at leail fix or feven Gallons of Water dif- 

 charged in the Whole, before the Wound clofed 

 up : But what is moll: remarkable, the Horfe was 

 not before this Accident fuppofed any Way inclin- 

 able to a Dropfy, nor did he in the leafl Ihew any 

 Symptoms that Water might be lodged between the 

 Guts and inner Rim of his Belly ; for he did his 

 Bufmefs as well as could be expected at his Age, 

 which was pretty confiderable : But his hinder Legs, 

 which were moil commonly fwelPd or fubjedl to 

 Gourdlnefs, as the Dealers term it, fell to their pro- 

 per Size and Dimenfion. And my Friend told me, 

 that the Gelding was fo well after this lucky Acci- 

 dent as he call'd it, that he hoped he might ferve 

 him to ride a Hunting for fome Seafons. 

 Horfes Now where the Waters are contain'd in the Belly, 



mv.che.ifierj believe Horfes may be cured by Tapping much 

 crired by ^^f^j. ^^^ Mzn, by reafon that the Situation a 

 than^Men. Horfe is in, favours the Difcharge of the watry Hu- 

 mours thro' the Orifice made by the Inftrument. 

 And I could Inftance many Cafes where the Ope- 

 ration has fucceeded fo far both on Men and Wo- 

 men, that the Belly, after taking out fixteen, 

 eighteen, nay fometimes twenty Gallons of Water 

 at diiFerent Times, has kept down to its natural 



Size, 



