PHYSICKING. 



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there is often so much 

 soreness of the throat as 

 to render swallowing very 

 painful and difficult ; in 

 such cases, neither balls 

 nor drenches should be 

 given, as they are sure 

 to do mischief by irritat- 

 ing the throat, and may 

 even suffocate the animal 

 by getting into the wind- 

 pipe. 



Fig. 935.— After Giving Ball. 



Physicking. 



It is always best, if possible, to prepare the horse for physic by 

 giving a bran mash twenty-four hours previously, as the medicine 



Fig. 936. — Giving a Drench. 



will act more favorably, and there is less danger of superpurgation. 

 Five drachms of aloes (Barbadoes aloes are always used for horses) 

 will act as forcibly after a mash as seven without. Again, the quan- 



