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th»! quantity of any cathartic, with plenty of 1 

 walking exercise, will operate nearly as much 

 as a double dose without ; so that the degree 

 of purging may be always regulated nearly to 

 our wish, which is a very desirable circum- 

 stance. When physic does not work kindly, 

 the exercise should be repeated at short in- 

 tervals (say two hours,) until it does; and 

 then it should be altogether omitted, as 

 it would fatigue. Chilled water must be 

 given, as it is particularly necessary to ob- 

 serve, that ample dilution of the bowels is of 

 the utmost consequence to ensure physic 

 working kindly. Entice the Horse, therefore, 

 to drink by every means ; and on no account 

 forget the necessary precaution of giving him 

 pure water from a perfectly clean pail. When 

 it is either smoked or greasy, it cannot be ex- 

 pected that an animal possessing the delicate 

 palate of a Horse, will drink. During the 

 M'orking of the physic he should be kept 

 warm, both by the stable and by clothing ; 

 and he must be exercised (if in winter) in 

 clothes proportioned to the cold. 



When a purge is to be given, proceed as 

 follows ; — After havina: fed the Horse with 

 bran mashes, for a day or two previous to the 

 one in which you intend giving the ball, 

 give the purge to him the last thing at night, 

 keeping him warm. In the morning when 

 you come to the stable, offer him warm water, 

 or chilled, but not cold. If you take your 

 Horse out to exercise immediately, the medi- 

 cine, in all probability, will operate in the 

 course of twenty minutes, or half an hour. 

 When such is the case, immediately go home 

 and give the Horse a handful of the best 

 sweet hay you can procure. This will recruit 

 his spirits, and he will then be able to eat his 

 mash, which give him in about an hour after. 



You must now desist from exercising the 

 Horse, until the physic is what is termed set, 

 when you may feed in your usual way, until 

 you give another dose. Why I recommend 

 givina: the Horse his medicine at nig-ht, is in 

 consequence of their sometimes becoming 

 griped ; this generally happening in the night 

 following to giving the medicine in the morn- 

 ing part, and no person being present, the 

 Horse may be dead in the morning, occa- 

 sioned by inflammation of the bowels; but if 

 you give the medicine as directed, at night, 

 then you have the following day to watch him, 

 taking advantage of any thing that may occur. 



It occasionally happens, that notwithstand- 

 ing every attention, physic will not work on 

 the second dray ; in which case, let nothing 

 tempt the practitioner, as has been done, to 

 give another dose immediately ; for it some- 

 times happens, that purgatives will not act 

 until the third day. But when a case occurs 

 of non-purgation, always wait until the third 

 day, when, if no symptoms of purging appear, 

 either let the Horse rest altogether for two 

 days longer, and then give him rather a 

 stronger dose ; or commence by giving him a 

 quarter of the original dose every six hours, 

 till it purges ; giving him mashes, exercise, 

 and warm water, as before directed. Let it 

 also be remembered, that it is erroneous to 

 encourage liquid purging to twenty, thirty, or 

 more dejections. No good attends this prac- 

 tice. I never wish any Horse I may have to 

 physic, to have more than from twelve to 

 thirteen liquid evacuations. All beyond this, 

 weaken the intestines, and injures the Horse. 



In the usual course of physic, on the next 

 day after the operation of the purgative, the 

 faeces will resume nearly their former consist- 

 ency and shape, when the physic is said to be 

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