48 ASTHMA, OR THICK WIND. 



(RECIPE, No. 24.) 

 Purging Ball. 



Take — Barbadoes aloes, seven drachms ; 



Castile soap, and ginger, of each two drachms; 



Dried squills, in powder, one drachm ; 



Oil of juniper, half a drachm: 



Make them into a ball with syrup of buckthorn. 



Let the horse have mashes and warm water 

 twice a day, during the operation of the physic, 

 with proper exercise; if he does not appear to 

 recover in the space of one week after taking the 

 above physic, give him the following drink. 



(RECIPE, No. 25.) 

 Drink Jor Thick Wind. 



Take — Balsam of capivi, one ounce, incorporated with 



the yolk of an egg ; 

 Gum ammoniac, in powder one ounce ; 

 Rub it in a mortar with four ounces of vinegar 



of squills, by a little at a time ; then add, 

 Ginger, and liquorice powder, of each one ounce, 



fresh powdered : 

 Calomel, two scruples ; 

 Opium, half a drachm : 

 Mix them all together into an electuary. 



This drink is to be given in a pint and a half of 

 linseed tea (let it be new-milk-warm, or nearly cold, 

 before it is mixed, or otherwise the gums will run 



