Chap. XXV. Of a COLD, &c. Zs 



ever therefore be \\\cProcatartick Caufe (as Phyficians term 

 it) whether from Colds, Surfeits, or from any Fault in a 

 Horfe's Feeding, ^c. it is very certain the Cure muft con- 

 fift in all thofe Things that are proper to open Obllrudtions 

 in the fmalieft Paflages 5 for by that Means thofe in the bot-^ 

 torn of the Eye may be removed. 



Wherefore if your Horfe has Strength ^. „ 

 enough to bear it, he ought in the iirft Place 

 to be bled, and afterwards purged two or three times with 

 the Remedies prefcribed in the preceeding Chapter ; but 

 Rowelling muft by no Means be negle(fl:ed : And becaufe 

 the Mineral Kingdom aifords us Medicines of the moft 

 powerful Operations in all fuch obllinate Cafes, Recourfe 

 may be had to the Antimonial Balls directed in the Farcin, 

 or to the Cinnabar Balls in the fame Chapter, or thofe ap- 

 pointed for the Staggers j which being continued for fome 

 Time, will, no doubt, prevent Blindnefs : But if the Re- 

 ttjia be fo much comp<efs'd as to lofe all Senfation, the 

 Cafe will be very defperate ; for this Sort of Blindnefs is 

 ieldom or never to be cared but in its Infancy. 



CHAP. XXV, 



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Of a Cold and Morfounding 



AFter we have faid fo much in another ACoUnndim- 

 "^ Place concerning Fevers and Surfeits ^wq perfed Fever. 

 need not take much of the Reader's Time in explaining 

 the Nature of a Cold ; fince a Cold, as fuch, is no other 

 than an imperfedl Fever, and affeds the Body in many Cir- 

 jcumftances,as we have defcrib'd a Surfeit, only we thought 

 t might not be improper to tranfpofe it to this Place,becaule 

 the Difeafes of the Lungs, which we are to treat of in the 

 following Chapters, though they often proceed from divers 

 other Caufes, yet they have a greater Dependency on a Cold 

 than any other Diftemper, as a Cold more efpecially affects 

 the Lungs, and the Parts appertaining to them. ■».'*' 



Now the Caufes of a Cold are fufficiently ^-^^ Caufe of 

 known to every one, being produced of all Colds. 

 thofe things that caufe a fudden Stagnation of the Pores ; as 

 when a Horfe has been very much heated, and in this Con- 

 dition expos'd to the (harp Air, without being at fome Pains 

 to cool him by degrees, and neglecting to rub off the Sweat, 

 which ftrikes a Chillinefs and Damp over the whole Bodv ; 

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