EXERCISE. 327 



hisrely to foften the indurated contents of 

 the inteftines, and promote their more expe- 

 ditious difcharge during the gradual exer- 

 die in the following days ; exciting the 

 veflels to an increafed fecretion of urine 

 by the interpofition of two ounces oj nitre^ 

 thoroughly diffolved in the water of each 

 morning, when horfes will in general drink 

 it with a greater degree of avidity. This 

 plan regularly perfevered in for fix or eight 

 days, with daily increafing exercife and good 

 fubftantial dreffings in the ftable (more par- 

 ticularly patient rubbing of the legs down- 

 wards) may be reafonably expefted to carry 

 off the repletion, in party or all^ according 

 to the ftate and condition of the horfe, or the 

 time of its accumulation. 



On the contrary, (hould the blood in five 

 or fix hours after it is taken away, be found to 

 contain but a fmall portion of crassamen- 

 TUM, in proportion to the much greater of 

 SERUM; and fuch coagulum to be of a 

 florid healthy appearance, I could not doubt 

 even for a moment but fuch fwellings of 

 the legs, cracks, greafe, defluxions of the 

 eyes, (or any other complaints ufually arifing 

 0^2 from 



