1 6 T/je Varruk s New Guide. Chap. V. 



fame want of Method with refpefl to them ; becaufe we 

 often obferve the bring,in<3i; any fuch into regular keeping, at 

 firft proves generally of ill Confequence to them ; and that 

 for feveral Realbns, which I need not here mention. 



From thefe general Direftions, the Reader may be able 

 to form luch other Rules, as may be of Ule, not only to 

 prevent Sicknels, but may alfo be the Means of bringing 

 Horfes to a better State of Health, without hazarding their 

 Conftitutions with the repeated Ule of Phyiick, as is very 

 curtomary in this Kingdom ; and proceeds from thofe Per- 

 fons, who are ufually intruded with the Health of our 

 Horfes, not being acquainted with the Mechanifm and Oe- 

 conomy of animal Bodies. I have been the more encoura- 

 ged to make fuch Obl'ervations, bccaui'e Tome of the moll: 

 judicious Farriers have been from Experience convinced of 

 thofe Errors, and are able to call to mind many Inftances, 

 of Horfes they have known to be prejudiced by an unfea- 

 fonable and unnecellary Ufe of Phyfick ; and methinks it 

 would be a common Benefit to Mankind, fo far as Horfes 

 are ferviceable to us, if thofe Prepoileflions could be ba- 

 rillied, and all luch fuperfluous Practice quite difufed anvi 

 laid alide. 



CHAP. V. 



Some general Rules to be obfer-ved in Bleeding 

 and Purging. 



TJAVING, in the foregoing Chapter, taken Notice of 

 •*•■*■ fome of the Errors committed in Bleeding and Pur- 

 ging, I fliali in this lay down Ibme general Rules to be ob- 

 served in thefe Operations. 



And Firjl^ Concerning Bleeding ; there is not any Ope- 

 ration more ready, or indeed more ufcful. As nothing can, 

 in many Cafes, give fuch immediate Relief ; for by Blood- 

 letting, the Heat of the Blood, and confequently its Velo- 

 city, proceeding from what-ever Caufe, may be thereb/ 

 abated 5 and not only its Velocity and Heat, but alfo its 

 Vifcidity, whether from an acid, or from any other coa- 

 gulating or thickning Matter, may in a great Meafure be 

 deftroy'd ; and therefore in all Cafes where the Blood is 

 too much agitated, and m Motion, or where it is too much 

 thickned, BJood-letting is required. 



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