94 MODERN FARRIER. 



Mix up the whole with the syrup of buckthorn. 



This ball will relax and soften the skin, and pro- 

 mote insensible perspiration. The following is also 

 a good medicine for this purpose : 



Ginger, - - - - 2 drachms. 

 Emetic tartar, - - Ij drachm. 



Camphor, - - - H drachm. 



Opium, - > - - - 1 scruple. 

 Oil of carraway, - - 10 drops. 

 JMolasses enough to make a ball. 



During the administration of these medicines, the 

 horse should be every day walked about. His food, 

 if possible, should be green, and if in winter, carrots 

 should be substituted. His oats also should be hard 

 and sweet, and the hay good. When recovered, his 

 work should be gentle, and he should be kept in 

 the fresh air as much as possible. 



58. Loss OF Appetite. 



Symptoms. — This state of disease is usually called 

 chronic indigestion, and is discovered not only by a 

 want of appetite, but also by a roughness and staring 

 of the coat. 



Causes. — Loss of appetite is very frequently only 

 the symptom of other diseases, and must be treated 

 accordingly. However it sometimes is the effect of 

 weakness of the stom.ach, induced by the improper 

 use of cordial medicines : and other times it is pro- 

 duced by fatigue, or too close confinement, or from 

 the stomach being loaded with coarse, dry, and in- 

 digestible food. 



Cnre. — If the horse be free from any inflammatory 

 complaint, and the loss of appetite clearly proceeds 

 from a weakness of the stomach, the following cor- 

 dial ball may be given every day : 



