HUNTERS. SOr 



to infer and wish it to be generallv and in- 

 conlrovertibly understood and held in re- 

 membrance, that a very moderate dose of 

 physic will act in a great degree upon the 

 irritabihty of the stomach and intestines only, 

 exciting a discharge of their contents as before 

 described ; while its increased strength will, 

 by its additional stimulus upon, and perse- 

 vering irritation of the finer vessels, excite 

 their regurgitative contribution to the gene- 

 ral evacuation, so long as the irritating pro- 

 perties of the cathartic shall retain the power 

 of acting upon the vascular system, which, 

 differing so very much in different subjects, 

 requires proper discrimination in the compo- 

 sition of purging medicines, consequently, 

 should alv^ays be carefully adapted to the 

 state, constitution, and bodiiy strength of the 

 horse. 



This naturally leads us to an inquiry of 

 the different degrees of physic, as most 

 applicable to the various occasions for which 

 they are brought into use. It evidently ap- 

 pears by the above investigation, that the 

 77ulder cathartics act superficially, merely to 

 discharge the contents of tfll intestinal ca- 



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