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and package. They are very convenient likewife to 

 adminilter, becaufe they may be made into either a 

 drink, or a ball ; or they may be mixed with food, 

 if not very naufeous. Powders, however, when 

 compofed of any thing very volatile, are apt to fpoil: 

 they fiioiild, therefore, in thefe cafes, be kept very 

 dry and clofe. In my prepared medicine arrange- 

 ment, I have compounded as powders, only ftich ar- 

 ticles as Nvili readily preferve themfelves, without 

 any particular precaution. I have compounded into 

 powders fome articles, becaufe then it is optional 

 with the giver what form he will chufe to give them 

 in, as fome horfes will not readily take balls, and 

 many grooms and oftlers cannot give them ; but 

 mofl horfes will take, and mofl perfons can give, a 

 drink : fometimes, however, even this trouble may 

 be avoided, for the powders fprinkled with the food 

 will be readily eaten. Of this kind are the 



Alterative Condition Powders [page 26], 

 Worm Powders [page 9.6] ; and 

 Mild Diuretic Powders [page 27]' 



PHYSICKING HORSES. 



This is a very important fubje6t, and deferves 

 very attentive confideration ; and though I fliall in- 

 troduce here all that is practically neceffary, yet 

 thofe who wifli for more extended information will 

 find it in my Veterinary Outlines, vol. ii. page 760. 



