I might now proceed farther, to consider in what degree of this Distemper Riding will be beneficial, whether any thing is to be expected from it in the second and last State of it; but this would be to run out beyond my Design of Brevity; only I shall take Notice, that it is no rare thing to meet with Consumptions, without any Putrid Fever, or any Reason to believe an Ulcer in the Lungs, or perhaps so much as Tubercles, but a continual Hectick, and a precipitate Wast of Nature by the Direful Acrimony and ill Quality of the _Serum_, as Doctor _Benet_, in his _Theatrum Tabidorum_ observes, _Pag. 109._ _Tabidorum languor sine pulmonum aut visceris cujuslibet corruptelâ tacitâ vi obrepens Anglis infestissimus est, & nisi primis obediverit remediis (quod rarissimè evenit) funestus._ In this Case I can’t but be of Opinion, that Riding well manag’d would be serviceable, tho’ undertook very late, if there is any tolerable Measure of Strength left to put it in Practice. I must here again repeat, that when I here speak of Riding, I understand the Habit of Riding, the want of which Distinction, has made it ineffectual to many a Man; He that in this Distemper above all others rides for his Health, must be like a _Tartar_, in a manner always on Horse-back, and then from a weak Condition, he may come to the Strength of a _Tartar_. He that would have his _Life for a Prey_, must hunt after it, and when once he finds his Enemy give way, must not leave off, but follow his Blow, till he subdue him beyond the Possibility of a Return. He that carries this Resolution with him, will I doubt not experience the Happy Effects of the good old Direction, Recipe _Caballum_; he will find that the _English_ Pad is the most noble Medium, to be made use of for a Recovery from a Distemper, which we in this Nation, have but too much reason by way of Eminence to stile _English_. OF THE _DROPSIE_. The Second Distemper which I shall consider as subject to these Measures, is one _Species_ of the _Dropsie_; that is, the _Anasarcous_ Kind, from which likewise I except those, which are attended with a hard Liver, or a remarkable Obstruction of some of the _Viscera_. This kind of _Dropsie_, thus circumstantiated, does at first View, seem not to need the Assistance of any extraordinary means to help towards a Cure, it being the most Curable of all Dropsies; and we have daily Instances of its giving way to Common Medicines, nevertheless there are such exceptions in this most Favourable Case, as give trouble enough to a Physician sometimes, and requires more than usual Application; as for Instance; sometimes a Person happens to be brought so low by an Unseasonable Purge, that afterwards Diureticks and Corroboratives will have no effect upon him, but the Case becomes deplorable, without the Rupture of any _Lympheducts_ or other the like Difficulty.