VETERINARY NOSTRUMS. 169 



known to promote digestion and assimilation of tlie food — 

 as follows : — 



Sulphate of iron, powdered . . .2 ounces. 

 Gentian root, " ... 4 ounces. 



Pimento berries, " ... 4 ounces. 



Mix, and divide into twelve powders. Give one in the evening 

 feed two or three times a week. 



It must not be forgotten tliat good sound corn, oats, haj, 

 stabling, bedding, and grooming are all that is required for 

 the health of horses. The effects of colds, coughs, &c., 

 however, should not be neglected, as they have a very great 

 tendency to give rise to watery and weak blood. To over- 

 come this, a few doses of the above mixture will do good, 

 and may be the means of saving a valuable horse. 



To continue further the subject of nostrums, we may 

 state that they are not confined to fattening of horses, but 

 for every species of sores, lameness, &c. We have never 

 heard mention, in all our experience in stables and among 

 horsemen, of anything superior to a trot or heavy blanket 

 that is used to check a " chill" upon a horse. We consider 

 it of more importance than all the nostrums combined ; for 

 the effects of a chill are usually in strict proportion to its 

 severity and duration. To supply a safe and certain 

 remedy as a check to a congestive or other chill, will be to 

 the coachman or horseman a matter of the first importance, 

 when it is remembered that the chill, if not almost imme- 

 diately checked, will the next day, or perhaps sooner, 



