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Powdered squills, one drachm. 

 Soft soap, a sufficient quantity. 

 This ball may bo given once daily. It is especially 

 useful in cases of horses suffering from what is called moist 

 cough. 



Ball (Strong Cough). 

 Powdered digitalis, half a drachm. 

 Powdered potassio-tartrate of antimony, forty-five 



grains. 

 Powdered opium, one drachm. 

 Powdered aloes, two drachms. 

 Soap, a sufficient quantity. 



Ball (Tonic Cough Ball). 

 Carbonate of ammonium, two drachms. 

 Citrate of iron and ammonium, two drachms. 

 Squills, one drachm. 

 Extract of belladonna, one drachm. 

 Gentian, and treacle or soft soap, sufficient to make a 

 one-ounce ball, which may be given once daily. 



Ball-Mass. 



Powdered squills, one part. 



Guaiacum, one part. 



Nitrate of potassium, one part. 



Camphor, one part. 



Asafoetida, one part. 



Ammoniacum, one part. 



Aniseed, one part. 



Turpentine and soft soap in quantity sufficient to make 



a mass. 



The dose of this mass is one ounce ; and a one-ounce 



ball may be given once daily for several days, and then 



every alternate day. 



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