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Other, and increase as the disorder is suffered to pro- 

 ceed unchecked. 



Cure. — Change in the animal's diet, whatever it 

 may have been. If the horse be laboring under the 

 remains of some ill-cured disorder, attend to that first, 

 and by removing it, the excessive staling will cease 

 also. Give boiled oats or vegetables, grass, water in 

 small quantities and often. If the pulse be higher 

 than ordinary, give the fever powders, page 14, and 

 when the number of strokes per minute are reduced, 

 let the oats be given dry, and resort to bracing medi- 

 cines. In slight attacks, as well as for less robust ani- 

 mals, the various preparations of bark will be suffi- 

 ciently tonic. 



TONIC BALL, No. 1 — Cascarilla and gentian root, 2 drachms 

 each ; powdered carraways, half a drachm, with molasses enough to 

 form the ball for one dose. Give Morning and evening. 



In more formidable cases, where greater strength, 

 or more tedious symptoms require to be combatied, 

 give the tonic ball below. 



TONIC BALL, No. 1. — Venice turpentine, 1 scruple; sulphate 

 of copper, and ginger, 1 drachm each. Mix with liquorice powder 

 sufficient for one dose, and give twice a day for three or four days. 



After this, a return to the use of No. 1, would be 

 desirable, until the disorder is subdued. Should cos- 

 tiveness ensue, give a clyster, which will also relieve 

 the irritation of the parts ; castor oil, one pint, must 

 be administered, if the costiveness appear obstinate. 

 Above all things avoid the numerous quack remedies 

 in this as well as other complaints, as you may ruin 

 your horse. 



Incontinence of urine is the same nature as the last 

 mentioned, only differing in the discharge being in- 

 voluntary, and the amount and quantity produced. — 

 The disposition to stale frequently, or the urine com- 

 ing away with scarcely an effort, proves that great 

 irritability of the bladder is the proximate cause.— 

 The treatment is the same as directed above, and a 

 run at grass and generous feeding afterwards will 

 complete the cure. 



HOW TO KNOW THE STATE OF HEALTH 

 BY THE PULSE. 



When horses are in health, the pulsation or strokes 

 are from thirty-six to forty-five in a minute ; those 



