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DIURETIC BALL. — Yfllow Rosin, 2 ounces ; turpeniinp, 4 

 ounces; soap, 3 ounces; salad oil, 1 ounce; oil ot" anisseed, halt" an 

 ounce ; powdered g^inger, 2 ounces. 



Rub the uvo last ingredients together in a mortar 

 with a little linseed [)owder. Melt the first three in- 

 gredients over a slow fire, and then mix in the pow- 

 ders. Divide the mass into eight balls, and give one 

 a day until the water is affected. 



DRENCH — No. 1. — Vinegar, 8 ounces; squills, 2 ounces ; tra- 

 de, 6 ounces. Bruise the squills and pour on the vinegar hot ; 

 simmer these near the fire two or three hours, then strain off" and 

 add the molasses. Divide into three or four parts, and give a por- 

 tion two or three times in the course of the day. 



DRENCH — No, 2. — Bruised Garlic, 4 ounces. Vinegar, 12 nz. 

 Pour on the Vinegar boiling hot ; let it simmer four or five hours, 

 strain it oif and add .5 ounces Honey. Divide into three or four 

 parts, and give in the course of the day at intervals. 



The diet and regimen must be all the while faithful- 

 ly attended to, and care taken to avoid fresh cold. He 

 must not be pushed in his work, while the disorder is 

 virulent, and the above course of treatment will prove 

 efficacious. 



CHRONIC COUGH. 



This is also the remains of an ill -cured cold, seated 

 in the windpipe or its branches, and is often very in- 

 veterate. 



Remedy. — As in the case of broken wind of every 

 other kind, the horse eats every substance he can 

 come near, chronic cough being sometimes produced 

 by over feeding, as well as always producing that 

 symptom. Theref()re, when a horse has a cough, 

 occasionally, for two or three; days, his appetite being 

 good, we had best conclude he is too full and must be 

 emptied by an alterative or purgative, according to 

 the emergency of the case ; if he be of gross habit, 

 or has failed in the proper evacuations ; if his heels 

 swell of a morning, or his coat stare like hide-bound, 

 the cough will vanish before the following Purgative 

 Ball: 



Barbadoes aloes, 8 drachms ; Castile soap, 2 drachms ; Ginger, 

 1 drachm. With mucilage sufficient to form a ball. 



Failing to stale properly, the patient's heels swell, 

 in addition to the cough, and both may be got rid of 

 by one or two of the above, If the evacuation by the 



