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CHAP. IL 



Some Genei^al Diretlmis in regard to 

 Bleeding, Purging, ^c. 



HORSES who (land much in ftable, DIreaions 

 and are full fed, require bleeding 5°^^^^^"- 

 now and then, efpecially when their eyes JJJ|^ ^ 

 look heavy, dull, red, and inflamed ; as * 

 alfo, when they feel hotter than ufual, 

 and mangle their hay. 



Young horfes fhould be bled when they In what 

 are fhedding their teeth, as it takes off ^^|*^^ ^^^' 

 thofe feverilh heats they are fubjedt to at 

 thofe times. But the cafes that chiefly 

 require bleeding, are colds, fevers of 

 moft kinds, falls, bruifes, hurts of the 

 eyes, flrains, and all inflammatory dif- 

 orders, ^c. 



It is right to bleed a horfe, when he 

 begins to grow flefliy at grafs, or at 

 any other time when he looks heavy : 

 and it is generally proper to bleed before 

 purging. 



Let your horfe always be bled by mea- '^^ ^^^^^ 

 fure, that you may know what quantity ^^Sre/ 

 you take away : two or three quarts is ' 



always 



