1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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worms, diseases of the skin, farcy, apoplexy or stag- gers, affections of the liver, and several other diseases treated of in this book, mercurial purges are of the greatest service. The purges destroy worms, gene- rally increase the flow of urine, operate upon the skin, liver, and other viscera in a peculiar manner, cause a healthful action in these parts, and remove many chronic complaints incident to the horse. Great caution is necessary during their operation, lest the horse take cold. The water given him must be warm, and when exercised he should be properly clothed. Horses that are kept on dry food, and are full fed, with little or no exercise, require regular purging every six months, with 2 or 3 doses each time, allowing proper intervals between each; and those horses which run in stage-coaches, (whose labour is often more than their natural strength is able to bear,) and those whose legs are inclined to swell, all require purgative medicines, the use of which w^ould be a means of preventing many .of the diseases that attack this useful animal.

No. 424. To prepare Horses for Physic.

After violent exercise, horses are liable to lose their appetite, and to have their stomach loaded with ?,rudities and undigested matter, the non- removal of which by the use of proper physic is the chief cause why so many die daily. Previous to administering a purge, the body should be prepared. The proper method of prep»rmg a horse" for