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any apparent cause, this may be suspected ; 

 and the success we have often met with in 

 such cases, by giving a mercurial purgative, 

 joined with a moderate stimulant or stomachic 

 medicine, seems to justify the opinion. The 

 following formula may be employed on this 

 occasion : 



I should have observed before, that we' 

 sGinetimes meet with horses, particularly those 

 of the blood kind, that have an almost habitual 

 looseness or diarrhoea; and some that cannot 

 bear even moderate work, or even drinking 

 freely of water, without becomins: loose in the 

 bowels, and consequently weak and faint. 

 Such horses are generally observed to sweat 

 much with the most moderate exercise, and 

 sometimes when standing in the stable. This 

 complaint is sometimes merely temporary, and 



