i^4 The Compleat Horfeman : or y 



tmderftood of acute and violent Difeafes ; for when 

 the Diftcmper begins once to flacken, then the 

 Humour which occafioned it is conco&ed, feeing it 

 canfes no longer any Symptom. And becaufe Na- 

 ture many times negle&s to expel the Humour fhe 

 has overcome, therefore it is that it muft be evacuat- 

 ed by purging, left it Ihould fpring up anew again, 

 and occafion a Relapfe : So that in Fevers, and 

 other violent Difeafes, a Man fhould never purge a 

 Horfe, neither in their beginning, nor when they 

 are at their height. 



You are alfo, as much as poflible, to forbear purg- 

 ing in Time of exceffivc Heat or Cold. But if you 

 are necefTit3ted to do it in Winter, you are then to 

 keep the Horfe well covered, in a warm Stable, 

 from whence he muft not ftir during his Purgation \ 

 but if it be in Summer, then keep him in a tempe- 

 rate place, and when he begins to purge, walk him 

 fialf an Hour in one's Hand, every two Hours, 

 and continue it for half a Day, to affift him to 

 empty. 



A Horfe that is to be purged, fhould be kept four, 

 five, or fix Hours without eating, before he take it, 

 and as long after. You may alfo, for the more 

 precaution, give him a Clyfter the Night before, 

 which (hall be compofed according to the nature of 

 his Dileafe. 



From the Time he took his Purgation, until it 

 have done working, (which will be about forty 

 hours) let him eat no Hay, but take him from the 

 Rack at the end of every four hours, and give him 

 about half a Peck of wet Bran. 



When the Horfe hath done purging, you may 

 if you will, give him a Clyfter, to perfecl: the eva- 

 cuation of that which the Medicament hath not 

 brought away : After which you may feed and or* 

 derhimas formerly. 



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