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III those cases where the Horse has been brought to a mere 

 skeleton by the disease. Mashes made of ground malt^ will be found 

 exceedingly restorative and fattening, and if he will drink thia 

 gruel instead of water, it will materially contribute to promote his 

 recovery. In fine weather the Horse should be led out twice or 

 thrice a day for twenty minutes at a time. He should be extremely 

 well groomed, get strong frictions to his limbs, and be soiled in the 

 Stable ; or if the weather will admit of it, he may be turned out to 

 graze daily, for the space of two or three hours in the middle of the 

 day. If the use of the Balls be found to promote his spirits and 

 and appetite, he may get a mild dose of Physic on the second morn- 

 ing after taking six of them, unless the lowness of his condition, 

 should forbid the use of Purgative Medicines; in which case it may 

 be adviseable to continue the use of the Tonic Balls for some time 

 longer. This method of treating Horses under Strangles, will 

 be found not merely to shorten the disease, and to mitigate the 

 sufferings of the animal, but to prevent also in a great measure that 

 emaciation, which so commonly results from a long protracted strug- 

 gle in the system, when the suppurative process in the inflamed 

 Glands, becomes slow and torpid. 



