Chap. L. Of Tumours, Impojlhumes, Sec. 191 



cording as that is more or lefs predominant. If there is a 

 too great Secretion of the Gall, then the Matter will be 

 more than ordinary white ; and in fome Obftrudions, 

 when the Blood abounds v/ith earthy Parts, or when thefe 

 are eafily feparated, the Matter will look foul and duskifh, 

 and fometimes be ftreak'd with black Blood, and the Tu- 

 mour will alfo look livid and of a Lead Colour. And fome- 

 times from a various Combination of Humours, the Matter 

 becomes of different Colours. 



But Lajlly^ what we are further to obferve 'The Curt of 

 concerning Tumours, is to lay down fome Tumours. 

 general Rules for their Cure; and here it will be necefTary 

 chiefly to have an Eye to their feveral Caufes ; and firft, a 

 Tumour that comes by any outward Accident, can only be 

 dangerous according as the Accident is more or lefs violent ; 

 but the leaft Accident, where there is a Redundancy of 

 Blood, may be troublefome, as well as when a Horfe is 

 poor and low. When there happens to be a Redundancy 

 that muft be remov'd by Bleeding, and other Evacuations, 

 as far as is confiftent with the Horfe 's Safety ; but on the 

 other hand, when a Horfe is low, and has got fome wafte- 

 ing Dillemper upon him, befides the outward Intentions, 

 Care muft be taken to adminifter fuch things as are proper 

 to remove that Indifpofition. And in all critical Swellings, 

 by which we chiefly underftand thofe which tend to the 

 Solution of Colds, malignant, peflilential, and other Fevers, 

 the Management muft be according as the Difeafe is per- 

 ceived to be more or lefs malignant, taking Care always to 

 ?.nift, but never to reftrain Nature ; but the Reader may 

 coniult the tjjird Chapter, and thofe other Places where we 

 have treated of malignant Diforders, of the Strangles, of 

 the Vivcs, feV. v/hich are fometimes critical. 



The next thing to be regarded in the Cure of Tumours, is 

 their Situation ; what relates to internal Tumours and Im- 

 pofthumations, has already been fpoke to, where we have 

 treated of Foundering and Chejl-foundering^ in which we 

 have recommended the fpeedieft Methods of Revulflon by 

 Bleeding and Purging ; hut efpecially by thofe Things 

 that promote Sweat, and keep down Pain and Inflamma- 

 tion. But as to external Swellings, the principal Intention 

 is either to ripen or difcufs them, according as may be moft 

 beneficial. Thofe v/hich are durated and hard, without 

 Heat and Inflammation, ought chiefly to be treated with 

 Internals, and fuch as are very powerful to open Obftruc- 

 tions, with the AfFiftance of thofe Things outwardly 



which 



