The farrier's new guide. : containing first, the anatomy of a horse ... Secondly, an account of all the diseases incident to horses, with their signs, causes, and methods of cure. The whole interspers'd with many curious and useful observations concerning feeding and exercise, &c / By W. Gibson.

  • William Gibson
Date:
1735
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Credit: The farrier's new guide. : containing first, the anatomy of a horse ... Secondly, an account of all the diseases incident to horses, with their signs, causes, and methods of cure. The whole interspers'd with many curious and useful observations concerning feeding and exercise, &c / By W. Gibson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    to the other. When a Horfe has too much What to he oh- Fire, and is therefore untradtable and un- firm'd concern- manageable (if that Difpofition is not itfelf the a Difeafe) it expofes him to a great many r™ent *Hor* Accidents which would be needlds to name ; 'es' befides, that by the continual Reftleflnefs of his Spirits, and the conftant Hurry of his Blood, he muft therefore be fub- je£l to feveral Diftempers, more particularly to Fevers, and oftentimes thofe of the worft Kind. If on the other Hand, a Horfe be of a dull, fluggifh Difpofition, he muft alfo be expos’d to Diftempers that are peculiar to a flow and lan¬ guid Blood ; and the nearer any Horfe approaches to ei¬ ther of thefe Temperaments, he is the more obnoxious to their Diftempers. Horfes may be alfo faid to be of different Temperaments at different Periods of their Life; and therefore a young Horfe being full of Blood, and his folid Parts as yet of a loofe Texture, muft be more fubjedt to Difeafes, than one who is arriv’d at his Prime ; and thofe Difeafes muft be of worfe Confequence to him, if not carefully look’d to. And like wife a Horfe who is grown old, tho’ fuch an one is not fo apt to be difeafed as a young] Horfe, yet their Dif¬ eafes more frequently .end in Death, or prove irrecoverable ; becaufe the Blood at that Time grows languid, and lofes the Vigour that is peculiar to Youth, and the middle Age, which muft needs deprive them of the Benefits and Aflift- ances of Nature. But a Horfe in his Prime, having then all his Parts well conform’d, and his Blood in its beft State, neither too luxuriant, nor too much depauperated ; and likewife the Quantity of Blood being in that Age nearly adjufted to the Capacity of the Veffels in which it flows; he is therefore neither apt to be difeafed, nor are his Difeafes apt to be of a long Continuance. But the Farrier ought carefully to take Notice, that albeit thefe Obfervations concerning Temperaments may, for the molt Part, be very juft, yet it is undeniable that fome are more robuft and hardy, while but Colts, than others are at the Prime of their Age ; and fome retain a great deal of their Vigour, even when they are grown old, and as ealily get over any Accident, as Horfes that are young. And hkewife it is to be obferved, that fome Horfes of a faint wafhy Colour, fometimes prove hard and durable ; and therefore, befides all common Rules and Obfervations, it maybe neceftary, to the forming a right Judgment of the I 2 Tern-