12I4 MOLTEN-GREASE, OR DYSENTERY. 



(RECIPE, No. 88.) 

 Common Alterative Balls. 



Take — Nitre, roll sulphur, and antimony, of each four 

 ounces, in fine powder; 

 Ginger, in powder, two ounces ; 

 Liquorice powder, and treacle, sufficient to 

 make them into a mass for balls. A piece 

 of the size of a pigeon's egg^ may be rolled 

 into a ball, and given to the horse every other 

 morning. 



N. B. Medicines that are administered as alter- 

 atives, must be continued for some time before 

 much benefit can be expected from them. 



CHAP. XXVI. 



OF THE MOLTEN-GREASE, OR DYSENTERY. 



This is a common complaint amongst coach 

 and chaise horses, during the heat in summer, and 

 was particularly prevalent in the year 1807. This 

 disease arises from an inflammation of the internal 

 or villous coat of the intestines, which produces an 

 increased secretion of the mucus, that is frequently 

 discharged along with his dung, and gives it that 

 glairy or slimy appearance which is the charac- 

 teristic mark of the complaint : this mucus or 



