43^ ON HIDEBOUND AND SURFEIT. 



clafs with violent external repellents only. I 

 lately favv an inflance of a Friezland coach- 

 horfe, in fuch a furfeited ftate from over-re- 

 pietion and want of exercife, that he was 

 covered with eruption, and the fuperabundant 

 humours feemed ready for extravafation in 

 every part of" his body. As fail as the do6lor 

 repelled the humour in one part it re-appeared 

 in another ; but I underftand he fucceeded at 

 laft, in killing it, without the Jeaft change as to 

 the diet of the horfe, or the aflillance of any 

 internal remedy. It is true, the virulence of 

 the humour might have fpent itfelf in thofe ir- 

 ruptions, but flill no certain reliance could be 

 placed, and there mull have been great proba- 

 bility of the danger of its tranflation to fome 

 noble part, perhaps the eyes. 



Suppofing the cafe hmilar to the example 

 juft given, that is to fay, a real furfeit from 

 glut of provender, bleed, and give maflies ; in a 

 few days, mercurial phyfic ; the week after, re- 

 peat, and finirn the cure with alteratives. In 

 a weak cafe, mild alterants, and improvement 

 of diet, as already dated : ,if the relic of fomc 

 difeafe, alteratives powerful in proportion to 

 ftrength, and long continued,; afterwards two 

 months grafs. 



WARBLES. 



Authors have failed in making a neceflary 

 diftinclion between thofe tumours called War- 

 bles 



