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of thin starch, and starch and tripe liquor as a 

 clyster; but this super-purgation only happens when 

 very strong coarse physic has been used. 



The horse may now return to his former habits, 

 giving him corn at first rather sparingly, with mode- 

 rate exercise ; and, in three or four days from its 

 setting, if the operation has been only moderate, a 

 second dose may be given, which is sometimes required 

 a little stronger than the first ; and after this, if 

 deemed necessary, a third, which is usually considered 

 a course of physic. 



When, as is sometimes th.e case, the physic that 

 has been given is too strong, a super-purgation is pro- 

 duced that proves troublesome to stop, and is now and 

 tlien fatal. Grooms and farriers frequently fall into 

 this error, from a mistaken opinion that violent purges 

 alone cleanse the animal. This overpurging should 

 be treated nearly as is directed under the head 

 Looseness, except that instead of the chalk intro- 

 duced in the drink, four ounces of port wine may 

 with propriety be substituted. 



PHYSIC, FORMS OF. 



The substances used to purge horses are usually 

 compounded in the form of balls, by which their 

 nauseous taste becomes hid. Jalap, rhubarb, salts, 

 &c., are not found to purge a horse, at least not so 

 readily as has been supposed, and they are, therefore, 

 abolished fiom the prescriptions of intelligent farriers. 

 Castor oil is sometimes used, and with great pro- 

 priety, in cases that do not admit of rougher ca- 

 thartics, as in infiammation of any of the internal 



