IMPROVED. 343: 



which fall down from the Body upon the Limbs 

 which caufe the Greafe, i5'c. but the flow Circula- 

 tion, and the great perpendicular Column of Blood 

 which prelTes hard againll the Sides of the contain- 

 ing VefTfls for want of Exercife ; or in other Words 

 for want of mufcular Coiitraftion, which occafions a 

 Stagnation, and of Confequence the Scratches, 

 Greafe, <^'c. 



It is a very fooliih and abfurd Notion to imagine The Jrc- 

 a.Horfe full of Hum.ours (as the Jockies call it) ki^s Notion 

 when he happens to be troubled with the Greafe, °'-„ 7^7cd 

 Scratches, or fore Heels : But fa ch Hiallow Reafon- 

 ing will alv/ays abound, while People's Judgments 

 are merely uiperiicial. Therefore to convince fuch 

 unthinking Folks, let them take a thick Stick and ' 

 beat a Hcrfe foundly upon his Legs, fo that they 

 braife them- in fevered Places; after which they'll 

 fwell, I dare fay, and be in Danger of Greafuig. 

 Now pray what were tnefe offending Hum.ours CiQ 

 ing before the Bruifes given by the Stick ? And it is 

 abfurd to friy, that wnen a Horfe travels he raifes 

 the Humours in his Body, and then they fall down,: 

 into the Limbs ; whereas it is nothing but his knock- 

 ing his Legs together. Want of Care to keep his 

 Heels clean, and Heat of the Parts occafion'd by a 

 hard Day's Journey, which for the moft Part bring 

 on the Greafe, ^c. But leafl I Ihould be thought 

 fmguiar in pretending to cure the Greafe, by Diet, 

 Exercife,, and good DreiTmg, I ihall fay a Word or 

 two with relation to the Medicines of moil Efhc^icy 

 in fuch Intentions of Cure. And/r/?, 



I don't think Capt. Burdon's Turnep Ponltzs a def-Capt Bh^ 

 picable Application ; For when the Heels are clean *'*'^ ^ /^ ^''"' 

 wafh'd and the Hair cut away, fuch Poultis may, norimpJo-^ 

 by its genial Warmth, and more homogenial Juice, per forcu- 

 much contribute towards a Cure. But then, unlefsring rhe 

 the Horfe will lie down of himfelf, or at the Word ^^*-'^f*^* 

 of Command, the Poultis will not do fo much Ser- 

 vice J for it is generally his Handing Days and Nights 

 fogcther in narrow bound-up Stalls, which occaiions. 

 0^4. this 



