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learn to give tliem with facility and always 

 keep a proper instrument in the stable. 



EARTH. Horses at camp or grass are 

 sometimes disposed to eat considerable quan- 

 tities of earth : this should always be pre- 

 vented, if possible, as it sometimes accumu- 

 lates, and forms larLi,e bails in the intestines, 

 which generally destroy the animal. Horses 

 employed in mills for grinding have been 

 often destroyed in this way. (See Absorb' 

 ents,) 



EGGS. These have been recommended 

 for the improvement of a horse's wind, but 

 they certainly do not possess any quality 

 of that kind. They are also used for the 

 purpose of mixing oils, and balsams, with 

 water. 



ELATERIUM. This preparation of the 

 wild cucumber, acts on the human body as a 

 most violent cathartic, and is seldom given 

 in larger doses than one grain. I gave a 

 healthy horse that 1 purchased forthe pur- 

 pose of making experiments, half a dram, 

 or 30 grains, at one dose, which did not 

 produce the slio:htest effect : it did not even 

 diminish the appeite, or move the bowels 

 or kidneys. After an interval of 24 hours, 



