ON PURGING. 



Where Purging is necessary. 



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CHAP. IV. 



ON PURGING. 



Purging is necessary for horses of every de- 

 scription, from the race-horse down to the wag- 

 gon or cart-horse ; but in some measure it may 

 depend on the use for which they are kept, 

 and their manner of treatment. Horses that are 

 kept on dry meat, and are full fed, with little or 

 no exercise, require regular purging every six 

 months, with two or three doses each time, al- 

 lowing proper interval between each ; and those 

 horses which run in stage-coaches, or chaises, 

 (whose labour is often more than their natural 

 strength is able to bear) ; and such whose legs 

 are inclined to swell, — all require purgative me- 

 dicines ; the use of which would be a meaais of 



