EXTRACT SATt/KN— riRING, 89" 



The dose is from half a dram to one dram. 



FENUGREEK. The seeds only of this 

 plant are employed for medicinal purposes ; 

 by reason of their mucilaginous quality, 

 they are used in making poultices, and 

 sometimes in emollient glysters. Farriers 

 often give them internally, with what view I 

 cannot pretend to say, since they do not 

 appear to be adapted to the cure of any 

 complaint. 



FERN. The root of mule fern was for- 

 merly considered as a remedy for worms, 

 particularly the tape-worm ; it se^.ii'S now, 

 however, to have got into disrepute. I 

 have never heard of its being trjed in 

 horses, nor does it seem to dedvrvc otir at- 

 tention, 



FERRUM- (See Iron.) 



FIGS. Mr. Tapiin, who some time -ago 

 wrote so much ainyat *' Enrri'-ry," recom- 

 mends figs up-d liquonce in hia pectoral 

 drinks for iiifl i iimation of ibelll^c^s 1 a dis- 

 ease that re(}usr;^s the most powerful reme- 

 dies. Fij^s certainly no n(?t possess any. me.^ 

 . dical qualities wcath notice. 



FIRING. A severe operntion often pfr» 

 fonued on the horse, and on some occasion^ 



