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together in lumps), in the morning fasting ; and 

 may be repeated every other day, if necessary, for 

 three times. In most cases these medicines will 

 be found to have the desired effect, and to remove 

 the complaint in the worst of cases ; yet it will 

 be necessary to give the horse pectoral medicines 

 for some time after, or until he is perfectly re- 

 stored. The following balls will be found excel- 

 lent for the purpose. 



(RECIPE, No. 26.) 



Pectoral Balls. 



Take — Barbadoes tar, Venice turpentine, and Castile 

 soap, of each three ounces ; 



Prepared kali, one ounce ; beat them together 

 in a mortar; 



Then add caraway seeds, aniseeds, and li- 

 quorice powder, of each four ounces ; 



Squills, in powder, one ounce and a half; 



Honey, or treacle, sufficient to form them into 

 balls of two ounces each. 



Let one of these balls be give once a day, every 

 other day, or every third day, as occasion may 

 require. These balls will be found of excellent 

 service in all asthmatic coughs of a dry, harsh, and 

 stubborn nature. They act as a powerful pectoral 

 cordial, and diuretic medicine, than which none 

 can be better calculated for carrying off the re- 

 mains of the disease. 



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