20 ON PURGING. 



In obstinate grease and swellings of the legs, 

 accompanied with lameness of the joints, dry 

 coughs, worms, diseases of the skin, farcy, apo- 

 l)lexy or staggers, affections of tlie liver, and 

 several other diseases treated of in this book, mer- 

 curial purges are of the greatest service. They 

 purge ; destroy worms ; generally increase the flow 

 of urine ; operate upon the skin, liver, and other 

 viscera of the abdomen in a peculiar manner ; cause 

 an healthful action in these parts ; and remove 

 many chronic complaints incident to the horse. 

 Great caution is necessary during their operation, 

 lest the horse take cold. The water you give him 

 must be warm, and when exercised he should be 

 properly clothed. 



Horses that are kept on dry meat, and are full 

 fed, with little or no exercise, require regular 

 purging every six months, with two or three doses 

 each time, allowing proper intervals between each ; 

 and those horses which run in stage-coaches or 

 chaises (whose labour is often more than their 

 natural strength is able to bear), and such whose 

 legs are inclined to swell, — all require purgative 

 medicines ; the use of which would be a means of 

 preventing many of the diseases that attack this 

 noble and useful animal. 



