220 OJ RO WELLING. 



difeafes; that, in fine, health con fills in 

 a due temperature, or mixture of them, 

 and the predominancy of any one, is fuf- 

 ficicnt to excite a morbid flate in that 

 conftitucion. 



CHAP.. XXIIL 

 0/ R O W E L L I N a 



Rowelling fTp HERE feems to be no remedy fo 

 defined. J^ much made ufe of, and fo little 

 underftood by farriers in general, as row- 

 .elsj for which reafon we fhall endea- 

 vour to fee the whole affair in a clearer 

 light, than hitherto it has appeared in. 



We fhall begin then by defcribing 

 rowelling, which is an artificial vent 

 made between the fKin and flefli, in order 

 to unload and empty the veffels in general, 

 and thereby relieve particular parts, when 

 too much opprefTed by a fulnefs or re- 

 dundancy. 



Tlicgene- fj^g general and abfurd reafoning of 

 ral notion f^j-j-jg^.g ^^ ^\^^ effcds and ufe of rowel- 



in'> rowels ^^"§5 i^ iow^^ meafure makes this chapter 



abTurd. -the 



