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some horses will cat a little clover hay when nothing else is palatable 

 to them ; others prefer clean straw, which is least desirable ; and 

 some refuse all food, and have to be supported on gruel, with the 

 addition of good ale or stout. 



Good nursing is very important. The sick animal will require a 

 roomy, well-ventilated, loose box ; water should be kept within 

 reach. A tonic mixture composed of one drachm of dilute hydro- 

 chloric or nitric acid with an ounce of tincture of gentian in a pint 

 of water should be given once a day. Sulphate of iron is also a 

 very good tonic, and may be given for a fortnight or three weeks. 

 Bhould it produce feverishness with a scantiness of urine, stop it 

 at once. 



Where the horse's joints and limbs are swollen, rub the joints 

 and legs daily with a liniment composed of equal parts of olive oil 

 and turpentine. Give a nutritious diet, together with caiTots, and 

 keep the bowels gently open. Do not bandage the legs or bathe 

 them ; the cold has greater effect on the limbs after the removal of 

 the bandages, and the warm water opens the pores of the skin, 

 rendering the adjacent parts more susceptible of cold. All work 

 should be moderate ; but, when the animal has acquired sufficient 

 strength, work will be beneficial. 



INTESTINAL CALCULUS. 



Administer thrice weekly, in solution, -Joz. of nitre, and of car- 

 bonate of ammonia and aloes Idr. each. 



IODIDE OF lEON. 



Its effects are similar to those of the sulphate of iron ; it is 

 not generally given in ordinary cough, but in the chronic cough 

 which arises often from weakness, it is sometimes of service. It 

 may be given to horses in work. 



IODINE OINTMENT. 



Iodine, lOgr. ; iodide of potassium, from -Jdr. to Idr. ; lard, loz. 



KNUCKLING OVER. 



In all probability the horse has been worked at too early an age. 

 Eest and blistering, followed by cold bandages, or turning into a 

 strawy ard or marsh for some months, will possibly restore the joints. 



LAMPAS. 



Lampas is a disease of the palate, which, immediately behind the 



