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maturity, and so severe in their operationir 

 that the great irritabihty of the part occa- 

 sions the most excruciating pain and pre- 

 dominant appearance of distress. The horse 

 is not only distressed with all the before- 

 mentioned proofs of bad state of body and 

 internal decay, but likewise with violent 

 periodical pains, approaching to convulsions 

 or seeming madness ; he displays all the ex- 

 ternal symptoms of gripes, spasms in the sto- 

 mach, strayigwy, nay, even of a compUcation of 

 disorders ; but where the evacuations of stool 

 and urine are not suppressed, the original 

 complaint may be attributed to this cause. 



Of all the various methods that have been 

 adopted in rational and regular practice (or 

 the experiments under adventurous sanc- 

 tion), none can lay such claim to approba- 

 tion as that certain and indubitable cure — a 

 course of mercurial ^hy^'xc* Antimonials and 

 preparations of tin have had each their ad- 

 vocates, as well as those botanical decep- 

 tives, rue^ garlic, tansey, savin, and box ; all 

 calculated to amuse, but none to convince. 

 Experience lias determined the specific 

 effects of ??iercurials in this case absolutely 



