KCMEDIES FOR BAD HABIT. COUGH, PERIODICAL <fe CONSTITCTIONAL. 8* 



the evacuation by the skin be at fault, through cold or otherwise, accompani- 

 ed by cough, the perspiration will l)e restored, and cough depart, by the exhi- 

 bition of Emetic Tartar, one or two grains, every day twice in powder, until 

 its effects are perceptil)Ie on the skin, and the cough then diminishes. This, 

 however, is a very slovv remedy, though sure, and is sometimes given m much 

 larger quantities. The preparation is very simple when given in the form 

 ctf a ball, being made up of liquorice powder and mucilage only, of a sufficient 

 consistence to retain that form. If much heat of body is perceptible, though 

 the pulse may not indicate inflammatory disorder, add to the foregoing ball, 

 nitre, 4 or 5 drachms. 



But whatever course is pursued, if symptoms of a bad habit of body are 

 discoverable, it will be advisable to administer the foregoing pargative ball once 

 OT twice previous to adopting any other means of cure. If those symptoms 

 of a bad habit of body do not appear, then the purgative should be of a milder 

 nature and given at the same interval. 



Mild Purgative. 



Aloes, 4 or 5 drachms, 

 Castile soap, 3 drachms, 

 Calomel, 1 drachm, 

 Ginger, 2 drachms, 

 Oil of Carroways, 10 drops ; 

 Mucilage enough to form the ball for one dose. 



Some horses are more delicate than others, and being then irritable about 

 the throat and chest, are liable to contract a periodical cough, which becomes 

 chronic without due care. Such animals should be exposed as little as possi- 

 ble to any violent weather, or sudden change of the temperature : these are 

 the kind of animals that will benefit greatly, or suffer the most, by a summer 

 run at grass, according to the heat, the dampness, or dryness of the season, 

 and the precautions used previously to, and at the turning out. Neither should 

 such tender animals, under circumstances of chronic cough, which generally 

 affects their coats also, about the chest in particular, be treated with a purga- 

 tive, even of the mildest form but with alteratives instead. 



Alterative Ball. 



4^°^^' ] 12 drachms each, 



Hard soap, ) ' 



Emetic tartar, 1-2 drachm, 



Ginger, 1-2 oz. 



Oil of carraways, 1 drachm ; 



With mucilage enough to form the balls into six doses. Give one every morn- 

 ing until a loose stool is produced, which may happen on the third or fourth 

 morning or longer, as the animal may be more or less relaxed. 



Even* with this moderate employment of laxative medicine, the kind of am 

 mal for which it is most desirable will be very unfit to turn out to grass of a 

 •udden ; as, on account of its delicacy, it will in that case be more likely to ac- 

 •juire a small hectic cough, which no one attends to because of its triviality, 

 until time renders it chronic, with all its attendant consequences. Roaring, 

 broken wind, are among these evils, and have already received as much at- 

 tention here as they separately require. 



Frequently it happens that a horse has a constitutional cough, or ^ne which 



