62 THE FARCY. 



(RECIPE, No. 35.) 



Mercurial Drink. 



Take — Corrosive sublimate, from twelve to twenty 

 grains ; 



Muriatic acid, two drachms : 



Mix them in a phial, and shake it until the 

 sublimate be dissolved, then give it to the 

 horse, in a quart of the decoction of oak bark. 



If a ball be preferred, the following may be 

 given. 



(RECIPE, No. 36.) 



Mercurial Ball. 



Take — Corrosive sublimate, from twelve to twenty 



grains ; 

 Oak bark, in fine powder, six drachms ; 

 Rub the sublimate into very fine powder, then 



add the bark, and make into a ball with 



syrup. 



The mercurial drink, or ball, must be given 

 every night and morning for a week, or more, 

 after the symptoms have disappeared. The quan- 

 tity of sublimate may be increased to thirty grains, 

 if the horse can bear it. Keep the animal warm, 

 and in regular diet, with gentle exercise twice a 

 day, if the weather be fine : give him warm water 

 and mashes, morning and evening, during the 

 course of taking this medicine. 



