HORSE-BACK RIDUSTG. loi 



neuralgia of the stomach. Here its action will be far 

 slower, though in the end a cure may follow. 



Antyllus had, it seems, a practical knowledge of 

 the beneficial effects of riding when he said, ** Equi- 

 tatio maxime stomachum firmat. " 



b. Constipation. — Of all the symptoms of de- 

 rangement of the digestive organs, the most trouble- 

 some, and at the same time the most rebellious to 

 treatment, is constipation. Probably the only remedy 

 from which we can expect a radical cure is con- 

 tinued daily exercise, either on foot or on horse-back, 

 in the open air. 



