Prescriptions. 67 



For diarrhoea, dysentery, or superpurgation, one ounce lauda- 

 num in three pints warm thin starch (100° F.), repeated every 

 half hour as long as necessary, is soothing and astringent. 



For mild dysentery, cold linseed tea, at intervals of one hour. 

 is good. 



For keeping up horse's strength when food is refused, a clys- 

 ter of thick gruel, or starch if there be purging also, is good. 

 Only one quart at a time should be given, or it will be ejected. 



COLIC BALL (Colonel Robarts' ). Two drachms of assafoetida, 

 three drachms saltpetre, and one drachm of opium, mixed 

 together in one ball 



COLIC DRENCH (Youatt). Half ounce tincture of opium 

 with two drachms essence of peppermint gives immediate relief 

 if horse be walked or even trotted about. See also ' 'Clysters." 

 Or four ounces spirits of turpentine, 12 ounces linseed oil and If 

 ounces of laudanum can be mixed and given as a drench every 

 hour till the pain ceases, either in spasmodic or flatulent colic 

 (Stonehenge). 



COUGH MIXTURES. Mix four ounces assafoetida, two 

 ounces of ginger, and two ounces treacle ; divide into 16 balls, and 

 give one thrice a day; bran-mashes and lukewarm water to be 

 used instead of ordinary food during the time. Or a tumbler 

 of honey and vinegar in equal parts twice a day. Or two chit- 

 tacks of yonnq bamboo leaves daily. 



CORONET OINTMENT, to cause secretion of strong horn. 

 Cantharides ointment and lard in equal parts, well rubbed in on 

 coronet. 



DISINFECTANTS. Chloride of lime is good for empty build- 

 ings, but not for those containing live animals, as it has a strono- 

 suffocating odour. It clears rats away effectually. MacDou" 

 gall's Disinfecting Powder, composed of lime, carbolic, and sul- 

 phurous acids, is the best and cheapest disinfectant where live 

 animals are kept, specially for stables, as it at once arrests the 

 emanations from urine and dung, and only requires to be sprinkled 

 about with a common dredger. If it is not available, the 

 following can be used: For a strong smell of urine which injures 

 a horse's health and eyesight, a solution of one pound sulphate 

 of iron to a gallon of water is good to clean the floor and drains 

 with: or sprinkle sawdust with dilute sulphuric acid underneath 

 the litter. Rags dipped in crude carbolic acid can be suspended 

 in a stable with advantage, and in the rains charcoal fires can 

 be lighted whilst the horses are out. 



