118 JAUNDICE. 



(RECIPE, No. 82.) 



Pectoral Balls. 



Take— Barbadoes tar, Venice turpentine, and Castile 



soap, of each two ounces ; 

 Squills, in powder, one ounce; 

 Calomel, three drachms : 

 Beat them well together ; then add. 

 Nitre, two ounces ; aniseeds and caraway seeds, 



fresh powdered, of each one ounce : 

 Beat them into a mass with honey and liquorice 



powder, and divide into ten balls. 



The bleeding and purging may be repeated in a 

 week or so after, and the balls (No. 82) may be 

 continued for some time. 



CHAP. XXIV. 



OF THE YELLOWS, OR JAUNDICE. 



The signs of the jaundice are, costiveness, a 

 yellow tinge in the white of the eye, and all the 

 internal parts of the mouth ; the horse is heavy, 

 dull, and regardless of his food ; his urine is of a 

 dark, dirty, saffron colour, and when exposed to 

 the air, sometimes looks red like blood. The dung 

 is hard, dry, and of a pale yellow, or greenish 

 colour : the fever is slow, and, unless checked in 

 time, both it and the yellowness will increase. 



