:io The IarrierV New Guide. Chap. V. 



which I hope will be of Ul'e to all who pradife among 

 Horfes. 



Flrjl of all.. Purging may be neceflary in moft or all 

 Pkthiruk CafeSy efpecially after an Evacuation has been 

 made by 'Blood- let ting, and the Body render'd fomewhat 

 cool and lightfome ; for if a Horfe be purged when his 

 body is very full, it may, unkfs the other Secretions are 

 alfo free, occafion, during the Operation, a too great Hur- 

 ry in the Blood's Motion, bred from too great a quantity 

 of Blood ; or, by deriving too much Blood into the Intef- 

 tines, may occafion an Inflammation of the Guts. For the 

 fameReafon, Horfes that are plethorick and full of Blood, 

 ought only to have mild Purges given them. 



Secondly, Becaufe a Horfe can feldom or never difgorge 

 himfelf by Vomit ; gentle Purging may therefore be allow- 

 ed in Diforders of the Stomach, before other things are 

 adminifter'd. 



Thirdly, Purging is the moft necelTary Remedy for all 

 Foulnefsin the Guts, for the Expulfion of all vifcid, ropy 

 Matter, and in all Cafes where a Horfe is infefted with 

 Worms. 



Fourthly, It is a great Releifin Coftivenefs. efpecially 

 after fuitable Qyfters have been firft adminiller'd. And 

 it is moreover ufeful in all Scouring and Loofenefs of the 

 Belly, when perform'd by fuch Medicines as afterwards 

 conftringe the Inteftinal Glands. But in this Cafe many of 

 the Tribe of purging Medicines may be very hurtful, and 

 occafion either a too great Relaxation of thofe Glands, or 

 an Inflammation of the Guts, by their too violent and 

 harfh Operation. 



Fifthly, In all cafes where there is a grofs Habit, with a 

 Tendency to Sv/ellings in the Limbs, or any other part of 

 the Body, Purging is necellary, as alfo in humid and 

 watry Difeafes. In Diforders of the Liver, caufing the 

 Jaundice, and in many of the Difeafes of the Eyes, it docs 

 manifell Service, by the Revulfion it makes from thofe 

 Parts, and in moll Ailments of the Head, where there is no 

 Fever, but only a Stagnation in the Blood, in fome of the 

 imall capillary or Hair-Hke Arteries. For purging in fuch 

 Cafes not only drains of!' Part of the fuperabundant Mat- 

 ter, but alfo, by putting the Blood into a brisker Motion, 

 caufe,^ a Separation of its grofler Pajts, fo that it moves with 

 more Freedom and Eahnefs in all its Canals, and is thereby 

 brought more readily to the lecretory Ofiiccs. 



But 



