ON LOSS OF APPETITE. 419 



Take a large handful of guiacum fhavings ; 

 pomegranate bark, and baluflines bruifed, each 

 one ounce ; galangels and liquorice root diced, 

 each half an ounce ; boil in two quarts forge 

 water to three pints, and whilfh warm, infufe in 

 the deco6lion two drachms fafFron, and half an 

 ounce diafcordium. It makes two drinks. Or* 

 Chalybeate beer with bitters (fee Index) once 

 a day. Loofe liable. Walking exercife, or 

 daily turning out in yard or paddock. 



I have fpoken elfewhere of the conftitutional 

 appetites of horfes. Some are oEP their fto- 

 mach at moulting, or fhedding their coats, 

 when they require a fomewhat warmer regi- 

 men and comfortable mafhes, with cordial ball 

 daily. Mares, in their horfing time, will fome- 

 times lofe their appetite, when a gentle faline 

 courfe is good, and afterwards cordial balls, 

 once a day for a week. Crib-biting may 

 deilroy the appetite, or induce bulimia. The 

 only cure of that vice is to leave nothing in the 

 way to be laid hold on, as in a loofe flail with 



no rack or mans^er. 



Solleyfel, who was a mofl diligent and accu- 

 rate obferver, pretends horfes fometimes lofe 

 their (lomachs, from " little worms lodged 

 " within the lips, above and below, which 

 " caufe fuch an itching, that he is continually 

 " rubbing his lips againfl the manger. Thefe 

 " worms appear like little pufhes when you 



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