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Se6lion, 23. 



Of SURFEITS in General. 



nnPIE fymptoms of a Surfeit are, a Horfe will have a foul 

 -*- flaring coat, and feem to be open, and full of fcales and 

 fcurf, and fome times with fmall lumps and blotches all over 

 his body, and itches much with a wet humor attending the 

 parts; at fome other times will fly to the Withers, and the 

 violent itching and heat, will caufe the Horfe to rub, and 

 fcrub fo much as to bring on a great inflammation, and will 

 caufe the part to be ulcerated, and will become dangerous, 

 and fome times will fall down into his limbs, and if not care 

 taken, will foon become a Farcy, or a moving Lamenefs, firfl: 

 in one part and then in another. 



The caufe of this diforder at firfl;, is generally, when a 

 Horfe has been hot and fweated much, and cooled too fudden, 

 by fome unthinking rider that has tied a Horfe to a hedge 

 when hot, and by fo doing has flagnated the Pores of the 

 Skin. At other times by the ill efl'eft of mouldy-flooded Hay, 

 or bad fl;inking Corn, or by* the ill effed; of a damp liable, 

 efpecially when a Horfe has been well ufed with care at his 

 own (table at home. 



For a SURFEIT, 



In the flrfl: place bked often in fmall quantities, then give 

 the following Purge, 



Take 



