230 SURFEIT. 
allowed per day; the corn should be kept up or even increased, and a 
handful of sound, old beans, which have been properly crushed, should 
be mingled with each feed. The stable should be airy, and the following 
drink should be given every day for a month :— 
Liquor arsenicalis . . . . . . ~~ One ounce. 
Tincture of the muriate of iron . . . . One ounce and a half. 
WWiaten cise os dor cae ea One quart. 
Mix, and give once daily, one pint for a dose. 
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A HORSE AFFECTED WITH SURFEIT, 
Should the horse be young, and have been neglected throughout the 
winter, a surfeit sometimes appears which is of a different character. 
The lumps do not disappear; but an exudation escapes from the center 
of each. The constitution is involved in this form of disease, and the 
malady, if unattended to, is apt to settle upon the lungs. 
Should the attack assume the last appearance, on no account take the 
animal out, not even for exercise. Attend to the perfect cleanliness of 
the bed, and keep every door and window in the stable open during the 
day. Feed as directed for the previous form of surfeit, and allow two 
or three bran mashes whenever the bowels appear constipated; but do 
not give mashes after the constipation is removed. The desire is not to 
weaken the system by purgation, but simply to relieve the body; admin- 
ister the drink recommended above only, giving one night and morn- 
ing, but, should the appetite suffer, reduce the quantity, or withhold all 
medicine. 
Clothe warmly; bandage the legs, and remove from the stall to a loose 
