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Surfeit : And the fame Effet^ls may alfo be produc'd from 

 Travel, or from once hard Riding, and from many other 

 Errors in the Keeping and Management of Horfes. 



It now remains that we take Notice of the Signs; but be- 

 caufe thefe are manifeft and known to all, we fhall only di- 

 llinguifh between thofe that are faid to be good Signs, and 

 thole which are ot ill Prognoftication. 



Firft of all then. That kind of Farcin is faid to be eafily 

 cur'd, which takes its Rife upon the Head and upper Parts ; 

 the Reafon is, becaufe it can have no deep Root ; but if it 

 once come to affeft the Emundories or Kernels about the 

 Jaws, and towards the Ears, it is then to be feared, and if 

 regleded, will be apt to breed the Glanders. 



That kind of Farcin which is fuperficial, and where the 

 Hide is only afteded, cannot be of dangerous Confequence, 

 even though it be univerfal, and has overfpread the whole 

 Body ; but when it has been originally feated in the Pannicle, 

 or if it be obferved to grow deeper, and aftedl the Pannicle, 

 it may be then look'd upon as more difficult and obflinate, 

 tho' even then it will not be very hard to remove it, unlefs 

 it either afFed the glandulous and kernelly Parts, or that 

 the Knots break, and degenerate into a Caries or Schirrous. 

 But the mofl fuperficial and leaft rooted Farcin, if it con- 

 tinue long without Abatement, may infenfibly, and by De- 

 grees, become of ill Confequence, as it difturbs the Offices 

 of Secretion, for while iheHamours have a continual Ten- 

 dency towards the Knots and Sores, the Pores of the Skin be- 

 come obftru6kd, and for Want of a due and regular Dif- 

 charge there, the lealt Error in Feeding and Exercife will 

 caufe inward Diibrders, wherefore we may often obferve 

 Horfes that have the Farcin turn alfo broken-winded and 

 confumptive, and fometimes become liable to the Yellows, 

 and to many other Infirmities, which either render them al- 

 together incurable, or at leaft make the Cure very difficult. 

 When the Farcin begins on the extreme and moft depen- 

 dent Parts ; or if in the Procefs of the Dil'eafe, the Humours 

 fall downwards upon the Limbs, it is in that Cafe very diffi- 

 cult to be remov'd, as it is generally attended with the Greafe, 

 but the Reafon will be (hewn in the Theory of that Diftemper ; 

 and a competent Knowledge of theStrudure-and Mechanifm 

 of a Horfe, will eafily enable any one to diftinguifh in other 

 Circumftances. We (hall therefore haften to the Cure. 



And herein the Farrier ought, in the firft Place, to look un- 

 to the State and Condition of the Horfe, for if he be fat and 

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