6 The Farrier'j AV:^ Guide. Chap. II, 



CHAP. II. 



Of the Si^J2S of Sicknefs in Horfes, 



D'tfeafes in iT is indeed very difRcult to arrive at any 



hnite Creatures * cgj-tain Knowledge in the Difeafes of 

 f'-'^^^ f° ^^ ^''' brute Crcp.tures, and therefore it is no wonder 

 fitnguipcd. j|: ^i^g Farriers are miftaken in enumerating 



Signs, becaufe we can only judge by cjutward Appearances, 

 and not from any Infipht they can give into their own In- 

 difpofitions, but efpccially as there are many Difeafes that 

 arc accompanied with the fame common Symptoms ; and 

 therefore, tho' we may be afl'ured that a Horfe has a Fe- 

 %'er, or a Strangury, we cannot at the fame Time be certain, 

 without a very careful Examination, whether he may not 

 have an Inflammation in the Pleura^ or in his Kidneys, 

 All the Signs that thefe Creatures ufually give in the Af- 

 fedions of particular Parts, is by turning their Head to- 

 wards that Part. Neither is that always to be depended 

 upon ; for a Horfe may turn his Head towards the right 

 Side of his Belly ; and the Farrier, who chiefly takes that 

 Indication to fignify a difeafed Liver, may be grofly mif- 

 takcn, fmce a Horfe veiy frequently gives the fame Sign in 

 a Cholick. The only VVay therefore to get an Inlight into 

 the Difeafes of Horfes, is to make a judicious Comparifon of 

 all the Signs that can be gathcr'd in any Diflemper, and by 

 that Means the Farrier may go on to adminfter his Phyfick 

 with fome Afiurance; and herein they may be very much 

 aflifted by the Remarks of the Sieur De Sollcyfell^ who has 

 been a more accurate Obferver of all thofe Things, than 

 any other who has wrote upon the Subject. 



The flrft Sign that a Horfe commonly gives of Sicknefs, 

 is loathing his Focxl -, this is common to all Fevers. In fome 

 Cafes a Horfe looks wild and haggard, and albeit at other 

 Times he was eafy and tractable, he now grows difobe- 

 dient and reftlefs, will neither ftand long, nor when he lies 

 down, will he continue in that Pofture, but immediately 

 Harts up again : This may, for the moll Part, be reckon'd 

 a Sign of violent and excclfive Pain, and no doubt, pro- 

 ceeding from an Inflammation of the Pleura^ or Lungs, 

 cipecially if his Heart and Flanks beat, and that he labfours 

 for Breath. Other Signs of Sicknefs are, a dry and parch'd 

 Mouth, the Tongue white and crufted over, and the Breath 



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