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thefe Reafons, I beg to be heard a Word or two 

 upon the Subject. 



And firfi, tho' Rowelling be the moft common 

 Thing amongil Farriers, yet I never met with one 

 could give me any iatisfaftory Account of the Ufe 

 or Abufe of fuch Drains. But they all in general 

 tell you, that a Rowel is to draw off the bad or cor- 

 rupt Humours from the Blood ; To that Fat or Lean, 

 Lame in the Hoof, or Lame in the Shoulder, Hide- 

 bound, or Hoof-bound, Rowelling is the Cure, ac- 

 cording to their Way of Reafoning. 



Rowelling is an artificial Vent which is made be- Rowelling, 

 tween the Skin and Flefh, in order to make Revul- ^^^ ^^'^• 

 fion or Derivation from any Part that is weakened 

 or relaxM by old obftinate Obftruftions. And for 

 this Furpofe, it is ufeful in many of the fame In- 

 tentions as the adiual Cautery or Firing treated of 

 in the preceeding Chapter. 



It is good in all Aches and Pains, cold phlegma- RowcUhig, 

 tick Swellings, and fometimes Lamenefs, and Infir- ^'''^^^^ P^-^". 

 mities of the Legs. It alfo gives Relief where there ^ ^' 

 is a Fullnefs and P^edundancy of Humours, and iii 

 DefiudUons of Rheum upon the Eyes, ^c. But it is 

 prejudicial to lean hide-bound Horfes, which can- 

 not bear any fuch Difcharge. And, as I faid in 

 my Notes upon Bur don, the Horfe might as well, 

 nay better, lofe as much Blood every Day, as he 

 does Matter by the Rowel : For it is certainly and 

 with as much Propriety/ of Language called Cruor, 

 as that in the Veins is called Sanguis, barring the 

 Colour, which makes no very efiential Difference. 

 And I am very much of Opinion, that feveral R^ft a^rd 

 Cures are wholly attributed to Rowelling, when ^'^'^^^'^^^ 

 Relt and Patience are the principal Inftruments or pertLm 

 Agents that perform it. However, %? I'ult decipi, the Cure, 

 deiipatur. the' it is 



attributed 

 to other 



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