Chap. II. Of the Signs of Sicknefs in Horfes. 7 



exceflive hot. Some Signs are alfo exhibited which denote 

 Sicknefs, but are different from the former ; as when a 

 Horfe hangs his Head, has a Coldnefs and Dampnels 

 about his Ears, his Eyes watery, fometimes with a Mix- 

 ture of Corruption, flow and dull in its Motions, being 

 apt to Humble, as often as he attempts to walk ; takes no 

 Notice of any other Horfe, or of any Perfon coming near 

 him. Some Sicknefles, as Intermitting Fevers, will pro- 

 ,duce fome Intervals of Trembling, and excelTive Sweat- 

 ing; and fome have Symptoms compounded and made up 

 from complicated Sicknefles, which exhibit feveral of thefe 

 Signs together. 



There may be alfo divers Signs taken from the Dung 

 and Urine of a Horfe ; but thofe from the Urine are the 

 moft certain : When a Horfe in Sicknefs ftales clear, and 

 when that is preferved, if there be no Sediment in it, it 

 prognofticates a growing Diftemper ; but when the Urine 

 turns of a reddifli or yellowifh Colour, and has either a 

 Cloud fwimming in it, which is not black and earthy, or a 

 Sediment falling to the bottom, and begins to have a rank 

 Smell, it is then a Sign the Diftemper begins to break ; but 

 when the Cloud is of an earthy or black Colour, and co- 

 heres in a body without parting, it is a Sign the Difeafe will 

 prove mortal. It may be farther remarked as to Urine, if 

 it be different at different Times, fometimes refemblingthat 

 of a found Horfe, and fometimes giving Signs of Sicknefs, it 

 then betokens a great Malignity in the Diftemiper, proceed- 

 ing from an Inequality in the Blood's Compofure, whicli 

 caufes alfo an Inequality in its Motion. 



There might be alfo Signs taken from the Pulfe, which 

 is plainly enough to be felt on the Temples and Fore- legs of 

 a Horfe ; but as that Method has never as yet obtain'd a- 

 mong Farriers, I (hall therefore pafs it over. 



The Sieur Ds SoUeyfell obferves, when a Horfe piffes 

 without ftriding, and without putting forth his Yard, after 

 long Sicknefs (unlefs he lias been accuitomed to do fo in a 

 State of Health^ it is a mortal Sign ; and likewife that U is 

 a no lefs fatal Prognoftication, when the Flair of a Horfe*s 

 Skull or Tail may be eafily pluck'd off. The fame Author 

 obferves further, that it is alfo a dangerous Sign, when a 

 Horfe lies often down, but flarts up again immediately, 

 not being able to breathe freely in a lying Pofture ; and ou 

 the contrary, that it is a very promifing Sign, when a Horfe 

 lies quietly in the Decline of Sicknefs. But more parti- 



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