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 that is, without fat. A horse to be in perfect coiidi^ 

 tion must be lusty, that is, he must have his muscles 

 large ; but a horse is uever in condition that is loaden 

 with fat. To produce condition in a horse labouring 

 luider malady we must first remove his disease, and 

 whicli can only be done when we have discovered 

 what the disease is. The artificial or technical con- 

 dition nuist be promoted by, first, bleeding ; next, 

 give two doses of pjiysie at proper intervals ; clothe 

 warmly, gij e exercise twice a day, at tirst only walk- 

 ing exercise, but not less than an hour each time ; feed 

 liberally, particularly of corn; gradually give trot- 

 ting, and, lastly, galloping exercise, which particu- 

 lars, judiciously applied, are the sum total of all 

 the secrets and arts used in getting a horse into con- 

 dition. It is supposed by some that no horse can be 

 got into condition without some medicines, particu- 

 larly alterative ones; and it is most certain that they 

 wonderfully promote the operation by assisting all 

 the secretions, and getihig the blood into a better 

 state. The substances used are various, but tlie best 

 are c01V5|jCUiidcdof seveial substances, as may be seen 

 pisge 18. 



CORDIALS. 



Cordials and stomachics are such medicines as are 

 given cither to invigorate the circulation in general, 

 or to act on the stomach in particular. 



Cordials invigorate the constitution, either by tlieir 

 contents beinj^ immediatelv received into the mass of 

 blood from the absorbing vessels, or they act by syni- 

 ];athy through the medium of the stomach : thus a 

 Cn-yxm, v, lien a person is fahit,. instantly exhilarates 



