i06 GREASE. 



with a small quantity of the following oint- 

 ment : 



Take of white diacbjlon plaster three ounces, olive oil 

 four ounces : melt together over the fire ; then 

 keep stirring till cold, and mix upon a stone with 

 three drachms of the sugar of Jead, first powder- 

 ed very fine in a mortar. 



And let one of the following diuretic 

 BALLS be given every other morning for a 

 course of one dozen : but if the horse is evi^ 

 dently gross in habit, and foul in excrement, 

 this course must be preceded by two doses 

 of physic, prepared according to his strength 

 and condition, from some of those prescrib- 

 ed under the directions for purging. See 

 page 37. 



DIURETIC BALLS. 



Take of Castile, or best Bristol soap, twelve ounces ; 

 Yellow rosin and nitre (in powdcif) each eight 



ounces ; 

 Camphor (in powder) one ounce ; 

 Oil of juniper, six drachms; 

 Mix with as much sjrup or honey as required, and 



divide into a dozen balls, and roll up in liquorice 



•r aniseed powder. 



If the disease is farther advanced, and di$- 



