This section is from the book "The Horse - Its Treatment In Health And Disease", by J. Wortley Axe. Also available from Amazon: The Horse. Its Treatment In Health And Disease.
Although in such general use among stablemen, nitrate of potash is nevertheless an active irritant poison in excessive doses.
Trembling, more or less abdominal pain, restlessness, convulsions, and collapse.
The same as for irritant poisons generally.
 
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