60 Objections to the Use of Dry Food. 



grains escape their action, and the common in- 

 ference is that if the horses of the Indian campaign 

 referred to really parted with so much corn as to 

 support such a number of followers, they must 

 have been fed in a very imperfect manner, their 

 digestive organs in a state of disorder, and from 

 the loss of the food, in a condition certainly not 

 desirable in an enemy's country. 



In France the subject met with the attention 

 of Boussingault and Papin, who instituted experi- 

 ments, and ascertained correctly that the passage 

 of undigested grain from the bowels of horses in 

 health is merely nominal. 



Out of eight pounds allowed per diem only 

 one ounce of unchanged grain could be detected, 

 and this weight included moisture. 



The digestive organs generally should be in a 

 state of healthy action in order to secure the proper 

 benefit from food. 



Under this head there requires little to be 

 written. I have fully shown how disease origi- 

 nates by false management, and how waste 

 occurs in food supplied under such circumstances. 

 It must, therefore, be apparent that those organs 

 specially set apart for providing the fabric of the 

 animal body should not be overtaxed or en- 

 feebled. If such occurs the whole body suffers 

 more or less. 



Care is especially needed after protracted hard 

 work and long fasts, avoiding the use of large 



