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 DIABETES, 



Or profuse staiiiig, frequently arises from some- 

 thing improper in the hay ; sometimes from musty 

 corn. Now and then it proves very difficult of cure, 

 but generally it gives way to the following balls : 

 White vitriol. . . .half a dram. 



Alum two drams. 



Extract of bark, .liaif an ounce. 

 Make into a ball. 

 Whenever a horse is observed to stale frequently, 

 and in large quantities, particularly if the urine ap- 

 pears milky, he should be watched, that the complaint 

 may be early detected ; otherwise it soon wears the 

 animal down, and the length of time of its existence 

 greatly adds to its obstinacy. Equal parts of lime- 

 water and blood, given as a drench, have been found 

 useful, repeated daily. In these cases green food is 

 not proper, but the corn and hay should be of the 

 verv soundest kind. 



DIURETICS. 



Diuretics are substances that act by determining 

 n greater quantity of blood to the kidneys, and by 

 stinmlating them to separate a larger quantity of 

 Nsater from this fluid. The blood, therefore, losing 

 a larger quantity of its serum, or watery part, must 

 be supplied from other sources : this is done by the 

 absorbing vessels, which take up, in that case, any 

 superfluous fluids they meet with to supply the de- 

 ficiency ; therefore it is, that in swelled legs, in cracks, 

 in grease, or in any preternatural enlargements oc- 

 casioned by fluids, we give diuretics with great ad- 

 vantage. 



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