viclecl into from four to eight doses, according to tlu;age, strength,;md constitution, of the horse ; or the ingredients may be separatelyproportioned to the like circumstances, tor a single close.
II. 'Fake Socotorine aloes, six ounces; gum guaiacum powder-ed, half an ounce; diaphoretic antimony and powder ot myrrh,each two drachms; syrup ot buckthorn, sufficient to make a ball.These halls will seldom take a horse Irom business above two orthree days in a week: nor will he lose his-appetite or flush byvising them, hut will rather be improved in both. I hose advan-tages cannot be obtained by any other method ot purging, and hencetins is preferable in most cases.
No. 2. Mercurial Purging Ball.
This ball is made by adding one-half or three drachms of ca-lomel, to a dose of the above purging ball, No. 1 ; observing thatthis addition will allow a proportional diminution ot the other in-gredients, and being careful to adjust them to the strength ot thesubject, and the degree of evacuation required.
No. 3. Febrifuge Bales.
I. 'l'ake contrayervu root and snake root, half an ounce each ;myrrh, two drachms ; camphor, one drachm ; opiate confection,three drachms; honey sufficient to make a ball. In slow fevers, at-tended with irregular symptoms, and especially in those of theputrid, kind, this ball should be given twice or thrice a-clay, wash-ing it down with about one pint of red port, and as much vinegarmixed together. One drachm of camphor, and as muclu astor, maybe added to this ball us occasion requires.
II. Take Peruvian bark, one ounce; snake-root arid winter’sbark, half an ounce each : honey, sutlicient to make a ball. To begiven in the decline of fevers, and in those of the intermittentkind, every six hours, till the horse’s recovery is pretty well esta-blished, as the danger of a relapse will thus be prevented, and thectire sooner completed.
No. 4. Astringent Balls.
I. Take prepared chalk, oneounee; tormcntil and gum arabic,Ihreedrachms each ; cassia two drachms; conserve of roses, ac muchas will make a ball ; to which may be added, as occasion requires,twelve or twenty giains of opium. When a purge does not set inthe usual time, and the horse is much depressed by the continuanceot its operation, this ball may he given with the opium, and re-peated every six or eight hours till the purging be stopped.
II. Take catechu, kino, and cassia, each two drachms; chalkrepared, two ounces; mucilage of gum Arabic, enough to form aail.
No. 5. Diuretic Balls.
I. r l ake nitre, one ounce and a Half; Castile soap, oneounee;filings of iron in tine powder, half an ounce; squills in powder,two drachms; honey or treacle as much as will make a ball.
Mild Diuretic Halls.-
II. Take jalap, six drachms; vitr.okUed tartar and nitre, oneounce eac h ; soap, two ounces ; oils of aniseed and juniper, eachone drachm: mix.
III. 'Fake ot Castile soap and nitre, one ounce and a half each;camphor, two drachms; oil of juniper, one drachm and a half ;aniseed powder, two ounces; treacle, enough to make a mass: di-vide into two balls, one to be given six hours after the other.
No. (i. Carminative Balls.
I. '1 ake bay berries, cummin seeds, and caraway seeds, each
four ounces; ginger and long pepper, each two ounces; essentialoils of peppermint and pennyroyal, each one drachm ; treacle,enough to make a mass. Of this mass three or four ounces maybe given with advantage in the windy colic, after emptying thebowels uuth a clyster, or the laxative drink, No. 12. It relief benot obtained upon repeating this tu'ice or thrice within a few hours,then give the following :_
II. lake of the above mass, three ounces; asafcctida, half anounce; oil of amber and tincture of opium, each one ounce and anaif; and make a ball with treacle or common syrup.
No. 7 , Stomachic Laxative Ball.t ake socotorine aloes, six dnvcb’iis ; rhubarb powdered, threecrathms; myrrh, two drachms: make into a ball with syrup ofE'nger.
rp,, . No. 8, Deobstruent Ball.
MHc Castile.soap, eight ounces ; Indian rhubarb, two ounces;
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long pepper, one ounce ; syrup or honey, sutlicient to make amass: divide into ten balls.
No. 9. Alterative Balls. _
I. Take quicksilver, one drachm; rub it, till it be perfectly ex-tinguished, with two drachms of manna, softened with a little mu-cilage of gum Arabic : then add levigated antimony and rust ofiron prepared, one ounce each, with as much honey as will makea ball. In obstinate chronic jaundice, this ball given once a-ciaytill the mouth becomes affected, and the horse begins to slaver,will be of considerable service, and may be had recourse to whenthere is reason to suspect a schirrous liver.
II. 'Fake precipitate sulphur of antimony and calomel, each oneounce ; gum guiacum in powder, four ounces; aniseed powder, sixounces; honey ami mucilage of gum Arabic/equal parts ot each,sufficient to make a mass: to be divided into twelve balls.
No. 10. Detergent Deoisstruent Balls.
'Fake precipitated sulphur of antimony, two ounces; garlic, fourounces; orris root and elecampane, three ounces each; gum am-moniac, mvrrh, and asafcctida, two ounces each; honey and bal-sam of sulphur, each as muc h as will make a mas-.: to tie dividedinto eighteen balls. One to be given every morning for asthmatic-cough and broken wind. In many eases they will afford consi-derable relief.
No. 11. Camphorated Forging Ball.
'Fake calomel, opium, and camphor, each one drachm ; jalaphalf an ounce ;scammony, one ounce and a half;soap, one ounce;syrup, as much as to form a ball.
DRINKS.
As horses more willingly take sweet and palatable things thanthose that are bitter and of an ill teste, care should be taken that .the latter be given in balls, and that their drinks he always con-trived to be as little nauseous as possible, and sweetened eitherwith honey or liquorice. Those that are prepared with grasspowders are by no means so agreeable to a horse as those made byinfusion ; as the former often clam the mouth, irritate the mem-branes about the palate and throat, and frequently occasion thecough they are intended to prevent.
. No. 12. Laxative Drink.
Take senna, hvo ounces; coriander seeds bruised, one ounceand a half; ginger, two drachms: infuse in one pint ami a half ofboiled water till cold: strain the infusion and dissolve in it threeounces of cream of tartar, and one ounce of salt of tartar; andthen add four ounces of syrup of buckthorn. The cream of tar-tar, in the proportion set down in this drink, forms a ncutial salt,called soluble tartar, which it is not necessary to have read) made,when it is intended to he given in a dissolved state. Instead ofthis, four ounces of Glauber’s or Epsom salt may be used at thediscretion of the prescriber. In all inllammatnry disorders thisdrink may be given with the utmost safety, and is greatly prefer-able in such case-, to ail other purges, as it passes into tlu* blood,and operates also by urine. It may be repeated as circumstancesrequire, and its effects assisted by opening clysters, or its operationquickened by the addition of another ounce of senna, or twodrachms of jalap.
No. 13. Diuretic Cordial Drink.
I. Take juniper berries bruised, four ounces; caraway seedsand aniseed, one ounce each ; lintseed, two ounces; boiling wa-ter in sufficient quantity to strain off two pints; to which add spi-rit of nitre and camphorated spirit of wine, one ounce each. Thisdrink, given in two portions in the course of an hour, will beefconsiderable service m procuring an evacuation by urine, when thehorse seems to be griped in consequence of a purge that does notoperate freely, but makes him swell and n-fuse his meat and wa-ter. It is also very proper in the flatulent colic.
Mild Diuretic Drink.
II. Take salt of tartar, half an ounce; distilled vinegar, ;usnun'll as may he necessary to make a neutral mixture; spirit ofnitre, two ounces; strong infusion of juniper berries and lintseed,one pint. Mix.
No. 14. Cooling Febrifuge Drink
Take of baum and sage, each a handful; liquorice .root sliced,half an ounce; salt prunel or nitre, three ounces. Infuse in two| quarts qf boiling water ; when cold, strain off, ura.1 squeeze into it
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