MOLTEN-GHEASE, OH DYSENTERY. 127 



(RECIPE, No. 90.) 



Purgative Dr'mh 



Take — Castor oil, one pound ; 



Epsom salts, four ounces ; 

 Tincture of opium, half an ounce: 

 Dissolve the Epsom salts in a pint of warm 

 gruel, and give the whole new-milk-warra. 



The calomel may be increased to two drachms, 

 if the horse be strong. Should this ball and drink 

 not have the desired effect, in the course of twelve 

 hours, it may be greatly assisted by administering 

 the following emollient clyster, which will bring 

 away the morbid contents of the intestines. 



(RECIPE, No. 91.) 



Clyster. 



Take — Linseed, and marshmallow roots, of each four 



ounces ; 



White poppy heads, bruised, twelve in number : 



Boil these ingredients in five quarts of water 



till reduced to four; then strain it off, and 



add half a pint of common sweet oil. 



This clyster must be administered in the same 

 way as (No. 12, p. 29), and may be repeated twice 

 a day if required. By the application of these 

 medicines, the intestines will be freed of their 



