Lib. I. Of Cures Phyfiral, 2 



lb that you may either perceive therein whole Corns, or whole Bits of 

 Bread, it is a Sign the Horfe hath either had a late Surfeit, or is euti'ing 

 into a mortal Confamption. Lafily^ If his Dung be black, or have loft 

 the Smell, it is an apparent Sign of Death. And thu*? much for Urine 

 and Excrements, and the feveral Knowledges attain'd by them. 



Chap. XV. Of Fevers in General^ and the divers Kinds thereof, 



THAT Horfes have Fevers, and thofe Fevers of divers and liindry 

 Natures, there is nothing more certain, as by ftrift Obfervatiou 

 may daily be percived, elpecially when we ufe either much Travel or 

 diforderly Diet : For queftionlefs from thefe two, and none other Heads, 

 do fpring moft Fevers whatfoever. But, Firjt^ That I may give you an 

 Account what a Horfe^ Fever is, you iliall know that it is an unnatural 

 and immoderate Heat, which proceeding firft from the Heart, difperfeth 

 it lelf not only through all the Arteries, but even the Veins of a Horfc^s 

 Body, and thereby hindreth all the A£lions and whoielbme Motions of 

 the fame. Now of Fevers, fome Farriers make three Sorts. The firl^, 

 thofe which breed in the Spirits, being inflamed and fet on Fire be- 

 yond the ordinary Courfe of Natnre : The fecond, thofe which breed 

 in the Humours, being likewife diftemper'd by Heat : And the third, 

 thofe which breed in the firm Parts of the Body, and are continually 

 hot. Now I, for your better Memory, will divide them only into two 

 Parts, that is to fay, Ordinary and Extraordinary. The ordinary Fc- 

 versy are all thoie wqich are bred either in the Spirits, or in the Hu- 

 mours^ as name ly^Quotidians^fertianSyQuurtanSyFevers continual, Fevers^FIeftec/: 

 Fevers in Autumn, Summer or Winter. And the Fevers extraordinary, are all 

 thofe which are bred in the firm Parts of the Body, and are ever hot, as 

 Fefilcfit Fevers and the Plague, which are ever accompanied with Vlcers, 

 and the Fevers accidental, which proceedeth from the Anguifli and Pain 

 of fome mortal Wound. 



Now for the Caufe from whence thefe Fevers do proceed , you 

 fhall underfland , that all thefe which I call ordinary Fevers , do 

 generally fpring either from Surfeit by extream Labour, or fome Surfeit 

 by naughty Meat, as Raw Peafe, Raw Fitches, Raw Oats, Afouldy and Vn- 

 wholfome Bread, and fuch like : Sometimes they do proceed from the 

 extream Violence and Heat of the Sun-Beams, when travelling with 

 diforderly hafte in the extreamefl Heat of the Day, thole two Heats 

 mix'd together, Labour and the Sun, there cannot cliufe but be bred 

 in the Horfe fome mortal Inflammation ^ and for my own Part, I have 

 ^Qen Horfes fall down dead in the High-way : For whole Deaths I 

 could find no reafon more than their Labours, and the Heat |of the 

 Sun. Fevers Ibmetimes fpring from a contrary Cauie, as from, extream 

 Cold in this Manner : When a Horfe in the Winter-time hath been tra- 

 velled 



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