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four gallons ! The horse was sent home, and seemed to be 

 doing well in a straw yard, though very iveak and thin. [No 

 wonder, after such a loss sustained by the vital powers.] At 

 the end of three or four months, he began to lose his fore 

 hoofs, and after declining some time longer, he died" — a 

 victim to science. It is evident from experience and facts, 

 that the above treatment renders the disease incurable, and is 

 the true cause of death ; therefore, not suitable to the true 

 ends to be accomplished. What, then, are the true ends to be 

 accomplished ? To relax muscular structure, determine 

 acfion to the surface, improve the secretions, and remove 

 obstructions which disturb or repel vital action. This will 

 equalize the circulation of the blood, when it will be found 

 that there will be no necessity for diminishing its quantity. 

 The inflammation, as it is termed, is always sufficiently 

 controlled when the circulation of the blood is free and uni- 

 versal. Therefore we of the reformed school, instead of 

 withdrawing vital action, promote its equal and universal 

 diffusion. 



Frog. The back part of the bottom of the horse's foot. 



G 



Galbanum. A gum resin, sometimes employed as an 

 expectorant and antispasmodic ; the dose, three or four 

 drachms. It is used, also, in the composition of warm adhe- 

 sive plasters, such as gum and diachylon plaster. 



Gall. A common name for bile. 



Gall. A sore produced by pressure, or chafing of the sad- 

 dle or harness. 



Gall Bladder. The horse has no gall bladder, or reser- 

 voir for bile. A considerable quantity of bile, however, is 

 formed by the horse's liver, and is conveyed by the hepatic 

 duct into the first intestine, or duodenum. In the cow and 

 sheep, the gall bladder is of considerable size. 



Ganglion. This term is applied to a natural enlargement 

 or knot, in the course of some of the nerves. 



