PURGING BALLS. 23 



(RECIPE, No. 5.) 

 Purging Ball, with tartarised antimony and calomel. 



Take — Tartarised antimony, one drachm ; 



Calomel, half a drachm to two scruples; 

 Ginger, in powder, two drachms; 

 Castile soap, two drachms : 

 Mix, and make into a ball, with syrup or 

 honey. 



This ball to be given at night, and the purge 

 (No. 2, p. 22) next morning. 



These will be found well adapted for coach- 

 horses, or others, that have swelled legs or heels 

 attended with inflammation. This dose is calcu- 

 lated for a moderately-sized horse, and may be 

 diminished or increased by lessening or augment- 

 ing the quantity of aloes in the aloetic ball. 



All these purging balls should be given early in 

 the morning, on an empty stomach : in two hours 

 after give your horse a feed of scalded bran, new- 

 milk-warm, or rather warmer, and a little good 

 hay at a time, and often ; also two more mashes 

 the same day. If, however, he refuses them, give 

 him dry bran, with a handful of oats mixed with 

 it. Take care the water you give him be new- 

 milk-warm. Early the next morning give another 



