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is obtained : thefe two fecretions are of 

 fuch importance to the welfare of every 

 animal, that the necelTity of redtifying 

 them, when difordered, is obvious from 

 the confequences. 



If this fever fhould be brought to inter- Thectr'^ 

 mit, or prove of the intermittino; kind, ^^^". ^"^ 

 immediately after the fit is over, give an ^-^^^^^.^ *» 

 ounce of Jefuit's bark, and repeat it every 

 fix hours, till the horfe has taken four or 

 fix ounces : fhould eruptions or fwellings 

 appear, they ought to be encouraged, for 

 they are good fymptoms at the decline of 

 a fever, denote a termination of the dif- 

 temper, and that no farther medicines are 

 wanted. 



The true reafons perhaps why fo many Reafons 

 horfes mifcarry in fevers, are, that their ^vhy fo 

 mafters, or doflors, will not wait with JJg^^fJ^^'^' 

 patience, and let nature have fair play : feveis. 

 that they generally neglefl bleeding fuffi- 

 ciently at firft •, and are conftantly forcing 

 down fugar fops, or other food in a horn, 

 as if a horfe mud be ftarved in a few days, 

 if he did not eat : then they ply him twice 

 or thrice a day with hot medicines and 

 fpirituous drinks, which (excepting a very 

 few Cafes) muft be extremely pernicious to 

 a horfe, whofe diet is naturally fimple, and 

 whofe ftomach and blood, unaccuftomed 



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