50 T/^^ FarrierV Ke-ji; Guide. Chap. VIL 



Want of Appetite : And ifa Horfe in fuch a Condition hap- 

 pens to be in the Stable, the f^ime Signs will alfo be appa- 

 rent ; and he will moreover be apt to ftrike at any one that 

 comes near him, tho' at other time!; tradable and eaf)'. 

 r , , But here I muft alfo take Notice, as con- 



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ner thefe are to ceming the Signs, that nothing is more care- 

 he dipngu^Jh'' d . ^^'^7 to be looked into than they, becaufe 

 the fame common Signs are often exhibited 

 in Difeafes that are different, and require a different Me- 

 thod of Cure. But this is not fo conlpicuous in other Di- 

 ftempers as in Fevers ; for which Reafon the Farrier muft 

 always have Recourfe to the Caufes, whereby he will be 

 the better able to form a right Judgment ; and that this 

 may become the more eafy to him, we fhall go over thofe 

 Signs more particularly, as they arife from common Effedls, 

 but are produced of their proper Caufes, and may therefore 

 be diflinguiflied from the fame Appearances in more com- 

 plicated Fevers. 



Fhjl then, It may be obferved, that Heat, and beating 

 at the Heart and Flanks, is a Sign common to all Fevers. 

 But in a Fever that is fimple, the Heat is permanent, and 

 the Pulfations regular ; whereas in a Fever that is compli- 

 cated, neither the Heat nor Pulfations are regular, but are 

 fomctimes more, fometimes lefs obfervabla ; and in fome, 

 as in Intermitting Fevers, the Difeafe goes quite ofF, and 

 only returns at certain Times. 



Secondly^ In a Simple Fever, the Drynefs on the Roof 

 of the Mouth and PalatCj and the parch'd Roughnefsof the 

 Tongue, are perceivable from the liift Appearances of the 

 Difeafe, as they proceed from an over great Expenceof the 

 thinner Parts of the Scrum ; but in other Fevers thefe Signs 

 are not fo fuddenly exhibited. 



Thirdly^ Tho* other Fevers may be accompanied with 

 Want of Appetite, yet this Sign feems more peculiar to fim- 

 ple Fevers, being the conftant EfFeft of an over great Rare- 

 fadion and Thinnefs of the Blood, whereby it takes up 

 more Space in all the Ved'els of the Stomach, even fo as 

 fometimes to occafion Inflammation ; and this Diftention 

 of the Veflelsmuft take off the Senfation of Hunger, and 

 create a Loathing, which is alfo the Reafon why, notwith- 

 Ibnding that the Heat and Parchednefs make a Horfe thirlt 

 often in this kind of Fever, yet he drinks but little at a Time. 

 Fourthly, The fomc Plenitude of the Veflels in the Sto- 

 mach, as alfo in the circumjacent Part?, vIt^ the Pleura 



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