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INORDINATE APPETITE. 



The causes of diarrhoea are over-exertion, exposure to cold, 

 drinking freely of pump or spring water, and over doses of 

 physic. 



For treatment, give in one pint 



of thin gruel, one ounce of pre- 



pared 



chalk, 



half a n 



OMAtt PASHA, THE TURKISH CHIEFTAIN. 



' fi^ _ of tinc- 

 ^ ture of 

 '^M^^^ ^^^^^^^^^m opium, 

 _ ^_^ and one ounce of tincture of 

 -^"""^^ ginger. Gruel, starch, or arrow- 

 root should be freely given ; good 

 sweet hay is very advantageous, 



but no grass or bran mashes should be allowed. 



I2;rOIlDI]NrATE appstite. 

 Loss of appetite is soon observed aud complained of by the 

 horse-owner, and in too many instances gives occasion for im- 

 proper medication. Some horses are particularly choice in 

 the selection of their food, refusing that which is poor, or 

 daintily and languidly picking it over. Horses sometimes eat 

 slowly and daintily in consequence of weakness of the diges- 



