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original nature of the horse, will be found amplified in 

 my work " The Horse/' 



Medicine. 



A dose of medicine given to a horse, even though he 

 require it, may make him unsound, until the physic has 

 ceased to affect him. Under the same category of 

 specifics, I must include training, and sweating to 

 get down some of the superfluous fat ; all trainers, 

 however, know that these processes may be overdone. 

 Any deviation from health is an UNSOUNDNESS. 



Until the effect of the medicine has passed off, there 

 is such a deviation from health, as is proved by the 

 altered pulse, the derangement of appetite, and general 

 dulness. Besides, owing to the great susceptibility 

 of the stomach of the horse, until the effect has ceased, 

 the ultimate res alt is uncertain ; a dose, innocuous to 

 one horse, being often almost, if not quite, fatal to 

 another. 



It is better understood now than it was formerly, 

 that, if the medicine, in proper quantities and at right 

 times, has been administered to the horse, either to 

 qualify him for work different from that to which he has 

 been accustomed, or to restore him to his usual con- 1 

 dition ; as, for instance, on his return from grass, or on j 

 the commencement of his preparation for racing or j 

 hunting, and, if you can be satisfied that the dose 



