DISEASES OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS. 163 
N. 18. Powdered chlorate of potass.......... - 1 oz. 
Water..... Beeraibia:. ialava’ die rere go's sne.aieve tie 4 pint. 
Should the animal show signs of debility or weakness, give oue 
sunce of fluid extract of golden seal every morning, before feeding. 
Should the mouth appear to be sore, from the constant flow of 
saliva over its surfaces, or from any other cause, then the parts 
thould be sponged two or three times daily with a portiou of 
qual parts of powdered borax and honey, or with an infusion of 
bayberry bark. 
When spontaneous salivation occurs in an aged horse, it denotes 
debility, and thus pcints out the propriety of sustaining the pa- 
tient’s strength by administering tonics and diffusible stimulants. 
The following is the best remedy for this state of the system: 
No. 19. Fluid extract of chamomile........... 1 oz. 
Fluid extract of ginger.........eee0.. & 02. 
Give as a drench, night and morning. The patient should have 
a fair allowance of good nutritious diet. 
Secretion of Saliva in. Horses.—From experiments lately made, 
it appears that a healthy horse secretes from the paroted glands, 
which are situated beneath the ears at the posterior angles of the 
lower jaw, during active mastication, about one gallon of saliva 
per hour, and other glands in the vicinity of the throat and mouth 
secrete, in the same amount of time, three gallons, making in all] 
four gallons per hour, which is mixed with the food during masti- 
cation. The following experiment was lately made on an aged 
horse, 15 hands 2 inches in height. The tubes leading from the 
paroted glands were divided on either side, and so fixed as to 
throw their contents into vessels held for that purpose; the ant- 
mal was then fed on oats, which he masticated during a period of 
thirty minutes, at the end of which time half a gallon of saliva 
was caught. ‘This calculation, however, will not hold good in all 
cases; for ravenous feeders, who do not thoroughly masticate their 
tood, fail to secrete the necessary amount of saliva; hence the food 
is not properly masticated nor insalivated, and can not, therefore, 
undergo proper digestion; and when food is not thoroughly di- 
gested, it imparts but little of its nutriment to the body. Slow 
feeders, therefore, are more likely to accumulate flesh than ths 
voracious ones. 
