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(RECIPE, No. 21.) 

 Pectoral Drink. 



Take — Diapeiite, elecampane, nitre, and cream of tartar, 



of each one ounce ; 

 Balsam of sulphur, two ounces, incorporated 



with the yolk of an egg ; 

 Tincture of opium, half an ounce : 

 Mix them together in form of an electuary. 



This drink must be dissolved in a pint of warm 

 gruel, and given to the horse in the morning fast- 

 ing ; let him stand two hours after without food, 

 and then give him a mash of scalded bran and 

 oats, and warm water. If the cold be violent, the 

 drink may be repeated every night and morning ; 

 or otherwise, once a day, or every other day, as 

 may be thought sufficient. Clothe your horse, and 

 keep him warm ; let him be walked out in the 

 middle of the day, and have mashes and warm 

 water twice a day, or oftener. 



Should the bowels, in the progress of the disease, 

 be costive, the purgative clyster (No. 19, p. 38) 

 and a gentle laxative ball may be given, as the 

 recipe (No. 2, p. 22), but only with two or three 

 drachms of aloes in it, and repeated in a morning 

 or two, if the bowels still remain costive. 



