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recommended in diseases of the Inivgs, 

 which are generally composed of liquorice^ 

 figs, and maishmallows, boiled in water, 



POWDERS. This sometimes is a very 

 convenient form for giving medicines, as 

 many horses will take them in their corn 

 without reluctance. It is by no means pro- 

 per, however, for such as have a delicate 

 appetite, and are remarkably nice in feed- 

 ing ; for although they may after some time 

 eat their food, yet the reluctance with which 

 it is taken would prevent its being readily 

 digested, or proving so nutritious as it 

 would i\o, were it not so medicated. 



Some horses, however, eat their corn very 

 readily when mixed with powder, and to 

 such, it may be given without inconveni- 

 ence. There is another objection to this 

 mode of giving medicine, which is, the dif- 

 ficulty of ascertaining whether the whole or 

 not, or how much of the powder, that is 

 mixed with the corn, is taken. But this 

 may, in a great measure, be dune away, by 

 sprinkling the corn with water, and mixing 

 the powder with it very carefully. As we 

 have before observed, whenever a horse ap- 

 pears unwilling to eat his corn, thus medi- 



