^ PREFACE. 



I wish strong!}' to recommend the use of antiU 

 mony, as an alterative in colds, long-continued 

 discbarges of matter from the nostrils, and in all 

 cutaneous diseases: and I am convinced, that it£~ 

 effects are rendered more permanent, when occa- 

 sionally joined with mild diuretics. By its ten- 

 dency to promote the secretions, and by removing 

 obstructions in the most minute vefsels of the body, 

 it will be found to strengthen the appetite, im- 

 prove condition, and preserve the horse from a 

 number of diseases. 



I have purposely omitted the disease called 

 Glanders, as I have at present little to offer on 

 that subject ; but hope to be able to say something 

 on that disease at a future period ; as I am collect- 

 ing every information respecting its cause, pro- 

 grefs, and cure-, which observation and expert 

 ment can furnish. 



I have not entered into an inquiry or descrip- 

 tion of the different sorts of food usually given to 

 horses; as I conceive it to be a subject so univer- 

 sally known, as not to require any information in 

 my power to give. 



In this Work I have declined treating on the 

 diseases of the Foot, and the proper method 



