RESTRINGESTS — STOMACHICS. 26 1 



lilJe-d laurel water. The term stimulant, is 

 generally applied to those substances, which 

 perceptibly increase the motion of the heart 

 and arteries. And under this head a g-reat 

 variety of remedies are included, both inter- 

 nal and external ; amono; the former are 

 cordials, cathartics, diuretics, &c. ; the lat- 

 ter consists of embrocations, ointments, lini- 

 ments, &c. It would fill a volume to treat 

 properly of this siibject, therefore we shall 

 dismiss it without any further observation. 



If the reader is desirous to obtain informa - 

 tion on this head, ho m;iy consult Cullen's 

 i\Iateria ?.Iedica, Murray's Eiements of Ma- 

 teria ]Medica, Brown's Fdements of Medi- 

 cine, and Darwin's Zoonomia. 



STOMACHICS. Medicines thatstreno'tli- 

 en the stomacli ar.d excite appetite. 



The term is nearly svnoiiimous with cor- 

 dials in veterii'.arv medicine; thouijli Irom 

 sfoniachics w'Q generally expect a more per- 

 manent eilect than from those preparations 

 denominated cordial, as they approach more 

 to the nature of tO)iies. A lew rec*."ipts 

 will be criven under this head, which are in- 

 tended for horses t^t-it feed badly, without 

 any apparent cause, and such as are subject 



