64 PRIVATE PRESCRIPTIONS 
stall and blanket; give starch or flour water in small quan- 
tities and food that is light and easily digested. Medicin- 
ally use this: 
PRESCRIPTION. 
Castor Oil. ...« ~. cn)... 
Opium, Tincture of.... . ... : 1) =e 
Mix and give at one dose In 3or4 hours begin the fol- 
lowing: 
PRESCRIPTION. 
Alum (powdered)... .. . . 192 3ORiaee 
Opium (powdered) .... . . . 2 Gigielmais 
Chalk (precipitated) . . . . . . = 3igggess 
Potash, Nitrateof.-. . . « . = 5 =e 
Mix and divide into 5 powders, and give one every 2 or 3 
hours as indicated. 
Supergation. 
This condition is the result of the administration of a 
physic and occurs sometimes when every reasonable pre- 
caution has been taken to avoid it. 
Cause—Too large a dose of physic, driving a horse 
when purging or giving large quantities of cold water 
while physic is operating 
HOW TO KNOW IT. 
When purgative medicine has been given and horse ~ 
presents the symptoms which are attendant in diarrhoea, 
you may rest assured that he is suffering from an over- 
purge. 
