250 ANTICOR, OR THE FELTOEIC. 



The next morning it will be proper to give him 

 the following purging drink. 



(RECIPE, No. 180.) 



Take — Aloes, Barbadoes, six drachms; 



Ginger, in powder, half an ounce ; 

 Cream of tartar, one ounce : 

 Mix, and give it in a pint of gruel. 



If this drink does not operate by the morning 

 following, give him a pint of linseed oil in a pint 

 of warm gruel; after that the diuretic drink 

 (No. 150, p. 198) may be given every three or 

 four days for three times. The swelled part must 

 be rubbed once or twice a day (until the swelHng 

 subsides) with the blistering oils (No. 124, p. 162); 

 afterwards the cure may be finished with the 

 suppling liniment (No. 176, p. 247). In cases of 

 this kind the horse will require every attention ; 

 warm water and mashes must be given him in 

 small quantities, several times in the course of the 

 day, till such time as he is out of danger. It is a 

 usual practice, amongst country farriers, to open 

 the tumor in five or six places with a lancet, or 

 by actual cautery ; and afterwards to dress the 

 wounds vi^ith digestive ointment or oils ; but this 

 method is always attended with danger, as it is 

 difficult to bring the wounds to a good digestion ; 



