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^d by its various Mixtures, as to occafion all thofe evil 

 Symptoms which are difcovered in the animal Body, 

 while Nature is endeavouring to throw off" what is ofFenfive 

 and burdenfome to her. 



After this fhort Account of Fevers in general, it follows 

 that we take Notice of their feveral Kinds, as they have beea 

 diftinguilhed by their feveral Names and Appellations, 

 wherein we fhall deviate as little as pofllble from the Me- 

 thod of thole who have gone before us ; that fuch as have 

 been ufcd to the Writings of Solleyfell^ Markham^ or any 

 .others of that Tribe, may not be too muchbewilder'd by the 

 Perufal of what they (hall here find new upon the Subjedl. 



We have already divided a Fever into that <tv .-^ 

 Vi^hich is fimple, and of one Period only, and kinds of Fevers. 

 that which is complicated and accompanied 

 with fome other Difeafe. Under which Divifion may be 

 reduc'd all Sorts of Fevers ; but a fimple Fever (lands fingly 

 by itfclf, and is that which, properly fpeaking, conftitutes a 

 true Fever j and therefore all Fevers may be term'd more or 

 kfs fimpk, as they are m ide up of fewer or more Symp- 

 toms ; for the fewer Symptoms there are in any Fever, any 

 fuch jFever, will be the more fimple, and will approach the 

 nearer to that which confifts only in the regular Augmenta- 

 tion of the Blood's Motion : And, on the other Hand, the 

 more Symptoms there are in any Fever, it will be the more 

 complicated, and participate the more of other Difeafes. 

 All therefore that (hall be (aid concerning the particular 

 Fevers of Horfes, fhall be reduced to thole that are Simple 

 and Continued Fevers^ Heclick Fevers^ Putrid Fevers, and 

 thofe that are called Pejiilential Fevers ; and laltly, all 

 fuch as are Intermitting^ whether thefe be ^lotidian, Ter- 

 tian, or ^qrtan. As for thofe proper to the Seafons, viz. 

 the Jutuninalahd Vernal Fevers, &c. which Markham has 

 taken Notice of, they may be reduc'd to one or more of the 

 above-mention'd Kinds, tho' perhaps not with refpeft to 

 their whole complex Symptoms, and indeed in that Senfe 

 there is no Fever direiftly the fame, but may vary in fome 

 Circumftances ; for feeing the Bodies of all Animals are nu- 

 merous, and are infinitely compounded, and made up of 

 Veflels which are infinitely diiTerent in Size and Magnitude ; 

 and as the Fluids contain'd in thefe Veflels are capable of 

 different Changes and Modifications, it cannot therefore be 

 expected, but the fame Kind of Fever may have different 

 Symptoms in one Horfe fron^ what they are in another ; 



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