Chap VIII. Of a "Putrid Feverl fl 



But if a Clyfter of more immediate Efficacy be requii'd* 

 a Handful of common Salt may be added ; or inftead o^ 

 the Lenitive Eleduary, three or four Ounces of tlie Vomit- 

 ing Wincj known by the Name of Vinum Beneditlum^ 

 may be mixed with the Decodtion ; but thefe Alterations 

 will feldom be necellary, unlefs to Horfes who are very 

 hard to be work'd on ; there being nothing farther required 

 by Clyfters in a fimple Fever^ than keeping the Body mo- 

 derately open, that Nature may have her free Courfe, and 

 not fuffer by Obftru6tions in the firll Paflages. 



Care muft alio be taken to keep the Pores open by con» 

 llant Dreffing, tho' that ought not to be more than what 

 is ufual at other Times ; neither fliould his Cloathing be 

 augmented, or any Thing be given that will fuddenly 

 promote Sweat ; becaufe moft, or all fuch Things, are apt 

 to call off the thinner Parts of the Serum only ; and a Fe- 

 ver that is truly fimple, feldom ends by any of thofe Dii- 

 charges, but wears off infenfibly by a gradual Abatement 5 

 and it is to be obferv'd, that a fimple Fever, as fuch, is but 

 of fhort Continuance, and in a few Days either begins to 

 wear off in the Manner juft mentioned, or elfe it puts on 

 other Appearances ; and if it gives Signs of Concodtion, 

 either by Urine, or by a Tendency to fweat, it is no m.ore 

 to be treated as a fimple Fever, but as one that is more or 

 iefs complicated ; and then Medicines that promote Sweat 

 are very proper, fuch as will be prefcrib'd in the enfuing 

 Chapter. 



CHAP, VilL 



Of a Tut rid Fever. 



A S the Fever we have treated of in the foregoing Chapter 

 "^ is fimble and uniform, that which comes here under 

 our Confiderations is of a complicated Kind j and, for the 

 moft Part, proves fatal to Horfes ; for as in a fimple Fever 

 there is only a Rarefaction of the Humours, in this there 

 are, befides the Augmentation of the Motion of the Blood, 

 fome evil Qualities ingender'd in it, which require a confi- 

 derable Time before they can be removed, and during the 

 Continuance thereof. Nature oftentimes finks under her Bur- 

 den ; and the greater muft be the Danger in brute Crea- 

 turesj as they are not under the Guidance of Reafon. 



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