42 The Farrier J Neiju Guide. Chap. X. 



This he affirms to have cured all the Horfes to which it 

 was given. I fhall here oblerve, that the chief Efficacy 

 this Medicine can have againft the Plague, lies in the De- 

 codion and Treacle, the Confedions of Alkermes and 

 Hyacinth being very coftly ; and yet the one will fcarcely 

 be found to excel our common Syrup of Clove-gilly-flow- 

 zn ; and as the other is chiefly proper in a Lax or Loofe- 

 nefs, it may perhaps have check'd the Operation of the 

 Aloes, and chang'd it into an Alterative, which may ftUl 

 be better done by a due Mixture of Salt of Tartar. 



CHAP. X. 

 Of a HeBick Fever. 



^ H O' the above-mention'd Author has taken no Notice 

 -*• of this fort of Fever, in his Treatife of Difeafes, yet 

 as moft other Writers have given it a Place in their Perfor- 

 mances, and likewife flnce it is a Diftemper that is not un- 

 common in our Wands, where Horfes are not fo well ufed 

 as in France, we have therefore in like manner given it a 

 Place here. 



A He^ick Fever is very often accompanied with an in- 

 ternal Ulcer in the Lungs, or fometimes with an Infirmity 

 in the Liver, and then it is often attended with the Yellows 

 or Jaundice; but there being little or no Hopes of Recovery 

 in either of thefe Cafes, we fhall confider it only as the 

 Effect of fome other Difeafe, where the folid Parts are 

 wore and abraded, but not much broken. 

 7he Caufes f "^^^ Caufeisfrom Weaknefs firft brought 



Heaick Fe^er. °" ^^ Body of a Horfe by fome Mifmanage- 

 ment ; as bad keeping, or other hard ufage ; 

 or it is often the EfFeds of fome previous Sicknefs, which 

 has gone oft' by fome imperfeft CrifiSy or by the Excefs or 

 Suppreffion of fome ufual Evacuation. But there is nothing 

 contributes more to bring on He^ick Diforders, than an un- 

 skilful and injudicious Ufa of Phyfick ; for by this Means 

 many Horfes, from a Prefumption of carrying off foul Hu- 

 mours, have their vital Spirits lb far wafted, as to be infuffi- 

 cient to anfwer the common and ufual Fundions of Life. 

 *rhe Smis ^"^^ ^'^°'^ hence the Signs of this Diftem- 



per are manifeft ; for tho' there are many of 

 thecommonSymptoinsofa legitimate P'cver accompanying 



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