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Blood and Juices, whereby they move heavily ; but efpe- 

 cially in the extreme or outward Parts, where the Vellels 

 are the fmalleft ; and it is very certain, that any, or moll 

 of thofe C?.ufes, to which Solleyjell^ and the bell Farriers 

 have afcrib'd the Farcin, will produce fuch a Lentor and 

 Slownefs ; or if there be a previous Lentor in the Blood, 

 mull increufc that Lentor^ either in whole or in part, by ex- 

 citing Pain. And this is plain from the Inltance of the 

 Farcir being caufed by the Wound of a rully Spur, which 

 can adl no other wife as a Ponton, than that fome of the 

 h -rfh and pointed Parts of the Rull fret and irritate the 

 tender wounded Pannicle ; and even then it mull a6t me- 

 chanically, and in the Way we have above defcribed, by 

 retarding the Motion of the Juices in thofe Parts ; and if 

 previous to fuch a Wound, there be a very great Vifcidity 

 and Thicknefs of the Juices, the Farcin may be caufed by 

 the Wound of a Spur, or any other Inftrument, tho' it be 

 altogether free from Rull. 



If the Farcin be caufed by Infedion from another Horfe, 

 it mufladl in the fame Manner, for then we mull fuppofe 

 that fome Effluvia, or poyfonable Steams, fly oft" from the 

 difeafed Hcrfe, which, by infinuating thcmlelves into the 

 Pores of a found Horfe, mull cccafion a Stagnation of the 

 Juices in thofe outward Parts ; bu' thefe Effluvia are not 

 of fo volatile a Nature as to have often fuch EfFeds : But 

 ■when Horfes Hand together in a Stable, it is rather to be at- 

 tributed to their eating the fame kind of Food, and their be- 

 ing under the fame Dire6lion and iMifmanagement. What 

 kind of Poifon may be in Sv/ines Litter, or how far it may 

 be noxious to Horfes, is not worth while here to determine, 

 fmce it is very feldom made ufe of to Horfes ; and if it was, 

 it would rather produce the Mange than the Farcin. 



The eating of corrupt and unwholfome Hay or Oats, 

 may eafily caufe the Farcin, as fuch Feeding begets Cruditic;^, 

 which mull render the Blood vifcid ; for when the Bk^od 

 has once acquir'd that Quality, a Stagnation may be ealily 

 induc'd in the extreme and outward Parts, where the Juices 

 are naturally vifcid, and the Vellels extremely fmall. 



Too m.uch Feeding, without fuitable Exercife, may alfo 

 be the Caufe of a Farcin, as it may induce a gradual Pletho- 

 ra., or Fulncfs of the Veilels ; but if that be fudden, by 

 a fudden Adllridion of the Pores, it will be more apt 

 to caufe a Fever or Surfeit, or a Foundering in the Body, 

 which in many Cafes is not to be dillinguifti'd from a 



Surfeit: 



