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inucilaginous vehicle, and given as a drench. 

 I'his medicine has proved so unifonnly suc- 

 cessful, that I shall not add any other for- 

 mulae, but must observe that an emollient 

 glyster is often a necessary assistant, and 

 when the horse appears to be of a full habit, 

 or plethoric^ bleeding is also advisable. If 

 the complaint returns in a short time, give 

 a laxative drench after repeating the above 

 medicine*. 



It is the opinion or many practitioners 

 that the staggers somoiiines depend upon a 

 diseased condition of tiie stomach, and that 

 certain antispasmodics are the best remedies, 

 I am satisfied, however, that copious and 

 timely bleeding is almost always necessary 

 in this con^plaint, but do not dispute the 



• The author is aware that pain and difTiculty 

 in voiding urine, frequently in the human body, 

 depend on inflammation of the bladder, in which 

 case Nitre would be an improper medicine. This 

 is sometimes the case in the Horse, but the symp- 

 toms most commonly arise from a cause which the 

 above medicine speedily removes; and which may 

 be distinguished from an inflammatory affection, 

 by its not being accompanied by quick, pulse, loss of 

 appetite and other symptoms of fever, and injiam, 



mation of the bladder. (See the Author's first Vol.) 



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