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function, the liver included, give a few doses of the 

 following : Powdered goldenseal, 2 ounces ; powdered 

 ginger, 1 ounce; salt, 1 ounce. Dose, half an ounce 

 twice a day. 



INDIGESTION. 



The causes of indigestion are numerous too little 

 or too much of food, water, or work ; bad ventilation, 

 exposure, poisons, damaged or highly nutritious 

 food, or working the animal on a full stomach, are all 

 operative in producing indigestion in acute or chronic 

 forms. 



SYMPTOMS. The excrement is very variable in color 

 and consistence, often hard and covered with slime ; 

 at other times soft, when the presence of intestinal 

 parasites can be detected. The urine is scanty, and 

 either colored or thickened with foreign material. The 

 animal is generally cross and irritable, and leaves the 

 stable at working-time very unwillingly. He requires 

 considerable urging while travelling, and, of course, is 

 incapacitated to perform his usual work. 



TREATMENT. First, if possible, remove the cause. 



