'3<5 The Farrt^r'^ Ncvj Guide. Chap. VIII. 



cT' n r r Putrid Fevers, and all Fevers of a compli- 



p * -J r cated Kind, are more incident to youncr 



rutna rciur. .t - .1-1 ■ »i ■ • 



Horles, than tnole who are ad vane d to their 



Prime; and to fome more than others tvcn in their Colr- 

 age, which, accordina; to the beft Authors, is, by reafon 

 the Blood of all young Animals is apt to be of unequal 

 Fluidity, as not having been fufficiently commuted by fre- 

 quent Circulations thro' the Lungs ; therefore it will be 

 the m.ore ready upon any Change, either to putrify, or, 

 at leuft, to put on the Appearances of Putrefaction. And 

 as the Appeiitcs of yourg Horles are ilrong and vigorous, 

 they are apt to over-gorge thcmfclves, and oftentimes too 

 with unwholfome Food, begetting Crudities in the Sto- 

 mach, by which Means the Chyle is contaminated, and 

 the Blood, for the mod Part, render'd more grofs and vif- 

 cid. This alone is fufficient to bring on a putrid Fever ; 

 but more efpecially if a Horfe hnppens to be put to violent 

 Labour, or hard Riding, before his Body is prepared for 

 it, either by moderate Feeding, moderate Excrcife, or pro- 

 per Phyfick ; for when the Blood is once put into a more 

 than ordinary Motion, while in this unactive State, any 

 one muft then eafily conceive what great Diforder mult 

 needs happen to that Animal. 



Cold taken abroad in the Night, or in unwholfome, 

 foggy Weather, fwhen a Horfe has been us'd to warm 

 and delicate Keeping^ will, by flopping the Paflages of 

 Perfpiration, bring on fuch a Fever, efpecially where there 

 is a grofs Habit ; for in fuch a Cafe the Blood cannot be 

 10 fu-idenly rarefy'd, as to conftitute one of a more lim- 

 ple Kind ; and the fame may haj;pen from feveral other 

 Caufes, which I fn.tll not detain the Reader with at pre- 



The Signs are thoie wliich it has in com- 

 Th- Sfgns. mon with all other Fevers, to wit, inordi- 



nate Heat, a Clamminefs and Parchcdnefs 

 in tlie Mouth, a Heaving and Beating of the Flanks ; 

 but this is not regular, as in a limple P'ever, but is 

 Ibmetimes more, fometimes lefs, according as the p'ever is 

 more or Icfs upon him ; and whereas in a limple legitimate 

 Fever, a Horfe is watchful and reftlels, in this he is, for 

 the moll Part, unactive and dull, hangs his Head, takes no 

 ^Notice of any one that comes near him, his Body fliakcs j 

 and quivers, and he reels as he ofters to walk ; and this pro- 

 ceeds from a Paucity or OppreiTion of the animal Spirits. | 



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