58¢€ THE HORSE. 
14. In CoLic— 
Sjobahe Oe rng) 5 4 5 F 0 o 5 4 6 Bky OUNIESEL 
Mand anu: #0 ys: 7 tact iced) Gh tebe ler yo acne bes eLenounce: 
Barbadoes Aloes . . . . 1 ounce. 
Powder the Aloes, and dissolve in warm anehiars nen add the other ingre- 
dients, and give as a drench, 
15. CLYSTER In CoLic— 
Spirit of puepenunes AO 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 MO Ome 
INOS 5 5 6 eee rac brs: 
Dissolve in three quarts of warm 1 water, and stir the tur pentine well into it. 
16. AnTIspaAsMoDIc DrRENCH— 
Gtk 6 6 66 6 6 eGo 0 6 oo og UO O Omi 
Minctureiof(Capsicum «5 3. seen men 2 Crachms: 
audanuma’ ye) 5. ees) eC ne ee OL TACHINSs 
Warm Water . . eeteels pints 
Mix and give as a drench, when there is no inflammation. 
APERIENTS. 
APERIENTS, or purges, are those medicines which quicken or increase 
the evacuations from the bowels, varying, however, a good deal in their 
mode of operation. Some act merely by exciting the muscular coat of 
the bowels to contract ; others cause an immense watery discharge, which, 
as it were, washes out the bowels; whilst a third set combine the action 
of the two. The various purges also act upon different parts of the canal, 
some stimulating the small intestines, whilst others pass through them 
without affecting them, and only act upon the large bowels ; and others, 
again, act upon the whole canal. There is a third point of difference in 
purges, depending upon their infiuencing the liver in addition, which 
mercurial purgatives certainly do, as well as rhubarb and some others, 
and which effect is partly due to their absorption into the circulation, so 
that they may be made to act, by injecting into the veins, as strongly as 
by actual swallowing, and their subsequent passage into the bowels. 
Purgatives are likewise classed, according to the degree of their effect, 
into laxatives acting mildly, and drastic purges, or cathartics, acting very 
severely. 
17. OrpInary Puysic Batts— 
Barbadoes Aloes:. 2 « «svete ech eto tuosc arachmes: 
labo SOE. G G G6 oo 0 6 bo 0 on 6 a 6 Zhtebieyelmangy 
Ginger . . ~ © J drachm: 
Dissolve in as small a quantity of boiling water as will suffice; then slowly 
evaporate to the proper consistence, by which means griping is avoided. 
18. A Warmer Puysic Batt— 
‘Barbadoes)Aloes| <9 2 4 0) © 4 pe eo ncols.anachmes 
(ObmloRherOrsOCes 5 6 5 56 5276 6 noo sp obeXelaraay, 
TWO TEAHOIHON KS % G 5 6 8 5 oo oo we Ghimxeleian,, 
Oil of Caraway . oo go 0 6 6 WA bron. 
Dissolve as above, and then add ‘the oil. 
19. Grntty Laxative Batt— 
IBarbadoes Aloes) 5 eis ne ee) Site le OntOlonarac inane 
Rhubarb-Powder. =|. % <0 os ue) ae le toreedrachmaal 
Ginger.) : 65 6 od OC oo oe we oA Gliplaaas, 
Oil of Caraway oe 50 Oo 6 4 © dliy Gbxopos 
Mix and form into a ball, as in No. ‘17. 
20. Sromacuic Laxative Batis, ror WasHy HorsEs— 
Barbadees;Alloes' 1 jo) ae) een Onenn eeuen onc rachis. 
Rhubarb!) jj 2 ws 4S Ge 5b eo ea 2idrachime’ 
Ginger . Cn ON eS eoe ol sto. wl bina 
Cascarilla enon She, oibd Meneses svete Lidrachms 
