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feeding in young horses, and an inflammation or 

 relaxation of the mucous membrane lining the 

 yard, brought on by frequent seminal emissions. 

 It will be«necessary, ^rst, to give the horse a gentle 

 purge, such as (No. 2 or 3, p. 22) ; three or four 

 days after give him a diuretic ball (No. 153, 

 p. 200), and repeat it every third day until he 

 has taken three or four balls : omit them for a 

 week, and repeat them as before, or the diuretic 

 balls may be omitted, and the following given in 

 their stead. 



(RECIPE, No. 178.) 



Take — Electuary of senna, four ounces; 



Nitre, and yellow resin, of each four ounces, 



in powder; 

 Gum Arabic, in powder, and balsam of capivi, 



of each two ounces ; 

 Castile soap, one ounce ; 

 Liquorice powder, four ounces : 

 Beat tlie balsam of capivi and soap together 



until united, then add the remainder : 

 Make them into balls weiG[hin<; two ounces 



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each. 



One of these balls may be given once or twice 

 a day, and continued for a considerable time, or 

 until the horse is well. In some cases, that seem 

 difficult to cure, where the horse is disposed to be 

 surfeited, or symptoms of the farcy appear, it will 



