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PIIARMACOPCEIA . 



CONDITION. This term implies, that 

 a horse enjoys the highest degree of Iiealtk 

 and vigour of which he is capable. A liorse 

 may be fat and sleek, but unfit for those 

 exertions which are so often required from 

 him. This subject has been fully treated of 

 in the '* Compendium ;" and we have only 

 to observe in this place, that many horses are 

 destroyed, and nu merous diseases produced, 

 by forcing them to exertions, to which they 

 are unequal ; wherefore, it is of great im- 

 portance, that their condition should be 

 brought to perfection, before they are em- 

 ployed in any severe exercise, such as rac- 

 ing, hunting, quick travelling, or heavy 

 draught. In getting horses into conditiovy 

 Sfreat advantaore will be derived from the 

 occasional use of laxatives and diuretics, in 

 the form of alteratives : but regular exercise, 

 proportioned, and adapted in point of dura- 

 tion, and pace, to their feed, the kind of em- 

 ployment for which they are required, and 

 the state of their health, is of the last impor- 

 tance. 



CORDIALS. Medicines which cause a 

 temporarij augmentation of strength and spi- 

 nts ; and if employed properly, are, on 



