PURGING DRINK. 27 



(RECIPE, No. 9.) 



Take — Prepared chalk, one ounce: 



Compound powder of ipecacuanha, two drachms; 

 Tincture of opium, two drachms ; 

 Ginger, in powder, half an ounce: 

 Mix, and give it in a pint and a half of warm 

 gruel. 



Either of these drinks will be found powerful 

 in checking the progress of the purging. The 

 drink (No. 9) acts more powerfully in allaying the 

 irritability of the intestines, from its containing 

 opium, and may be given after the drink (No. 8), 

 if that is not sufficient to check the over-purging. 

 Either of them may be repeated once or twice a 

 day, if occasion require it. Sometimes this ir- 

 ritation of the bowels ends in inflammation, which 

 is known by severe and continued pain, small and 

 hard pulse, coldness of the extremities; in these 

 cases it will be proper to take two or three quarts 

 of blood from the horse, but not without symptoms 

 be urgent. When physic is given without due 

 preparation, the horse frequently swells, and the 

 consequence may be productive of great danger. 

 In such cases give the following diuretic drink. 



