FRENCH MILITARY VETERINARY MEDICINE. 35 
and ascertain whether the mean equivalents which have been 
adopted ought to be considered as definitively fixed. 
In compliance with these instructions, the experimental in- 
quiries into the alimentation of the horses of the army commenced 
7th June, 1842, in the 3d Regiment of Lancers, and were prose- 
cuted the following years in a great many regiments, besides several 
remount depots. 
The results obtained in the course of these experiments, which 
we may, en passant , remark were conducted with the most puncti- 
lious care and attention, may be summed up as follow : — 
Composition of the Experimental 
Series. Ration as compared with the 
Regulation Ration. 
'Hay Proportion, Regulation 4 
Straw 
Oats 
Hay 
( Straw 
Oats 
Hay 
Straw 
Oats 
f Hay 
Straw 
Oats 
Hay 
Straw 
Oats 
Hay 
Straw 
Oats 
Condition of the Horses, 
ference; one horse augmented in 
weight. 
Amelioration in one horse ; no change 
in the other. 
Diminution in weight. 
Weight of one horse augmented ; of 
another diminished ; dejections less 
frequent and less abundant. Aug- 
mentation of vigour. Health per- 
fect. 
Augmentation of weight and vigour. 
Dejections less frequent and less 
abundant. 
Hay... 
Straw 
Oats . 
iv. i 
Hay .. 
Straw 
Oats . 
None "I 
Augmented > 
Augmented J 
Augmented 
None 
.Augmented 
Diminution of weight. Great vigour. 
Transpire less. 
Weight and circumference augmented. 
Vigour diminished. Dejections co- 
pious. State approaching disor- 
der. 
r 
y.\ 
l 
Hay .. 
Straw 
Oats .. 
Hay... 
Straw 
Oats . . 
Augmented ) 
None > 
Augmented J 
None 
■ Augmented > 
■Augmented J 
Weight and volume augmented. Vi- 
gour diminished. Sweats abun- 
dant. 
Weight diminished. Increased vigour 
and energy. 
