132 The Compleat Harfeman : cr, 



to make one, by reafon, I fuppofe, that Malt is not 

 much ufed in France. 



The Germans gallop their Horfes before bleeding, 

 to the end, s fay they, that the bad Blood which is 

 as the Lee, may be mixed with the good, and fo 

 both drawn together. But they fhould confider, 

 that Blood is not with the fame tranquility in the 

 Veins, as Wine is in a Hogfhead, whofe Lees lie 

 at bottom. And if the whole Mafs of Blood in a 

 Horfe 's Body, being about fifty Pounds, does cir- 

 culate through the Ventricles of the Heart in a- 

 bout fix Hours fpace, as Experiments have difco- 

 vered, it will follow, that there is no need of any 

 violent 'agitation, but on the contrary, the Horfe 

 fhould be kept calm and quiet, for fear of lofing 

 too many of his Spirits. 



Thofe who are very careful of their Horfes, not 

 only let them reft on that Day wherein they are 

 bled, and the Day before and after *, t>ut alfo give 

 them only Bran inftead of Oats on thofe three 

 Days. 



In taking Blood you are to regulate the quantity 

 according as your Horfe is a great Feeder, and 

 as his Veins are full and ftretched, and accordingly 

 as itifTues forth with Violence^ having Hill regard 

 to the quality of the Difeafe, his Strength, Age, and 

 theSeafon. 



It is a general Maxim, that without very good 

 and prefling Reafons, a Man fhould never make 

 great evacuations by Blood-letting, becaufe there 

 is made by it a too great diffipation of the Spirits, 

 as alfo Crudities formed in the Veins, which are 

 the origin of feveral Difeafes* 



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