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taken that too large a quantity be not dif- 

 charged into the horfe's gullet at once, or too 

 fuddenly, or that one go-down do not follow 

 the other too haflily, to alarm and excite him 

 to cough, moreefpeciallv if he be fliort-breath- 

 ed and faint from indifpofuion ; but fick or 

 well, he ought in the cafe of giving medicine, 

 to be turned about with the greateft care, and 

 treated w^iih the utmoft tendernefs and patience. 

 In all veterinary management, our grand de- 

 pendance is in patience. 



Immediately after the horfe fliall have fwal- 

 low^ed the dofe, you may allow him to take two 

 or three go-dow^ns of foft water, blood warm, and 

 to cat a lock of hay. Small quantities, at a time of 

 clean picked hay may be given him throughout 

 the day, and two or three mafhes of fweetbran 

 and ground oats, which is the proper diet whilfl 

 the phyfic is in operation. Should it be a lax- 

 ative drench of the neutral falts, and other 

 articles of quick operation, his purging may 

 begin in Icfs than twelve hours ; but an aloetic 

 purge, the flowed of all others, will lie in his 

 body double the time : beginning to operate • 

 the following morning, its effefts may continue 

 tw^elve, twenty-four, thirty hours or upwards, 

 according to the power and quality of the me- 

 dicine, and the exifting Hate of the horfe's body. 

 Much has been (iiid and written about horles 

 being fick, griped, and off their appetite, during 



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