218 THE MODERN HOUSE DOCTOR. 



of injections ; and if the throat be sore, or, from any other 

 cause, the patient cannot swallow sufficient food to support the 

 vital forces, his strength may be kept up by nourishing enema — 

 beef tea, flour gruel, &c. ; at all events, a supply of hay tea, 

 thickened with some farinaceous substance, ought to be kept in 

 the crib ; it is a tempting delicacy to sick horses, and they often 

 give it the preference to all other kinds. 



The following compound is considered the best, in view of 

 fulfilling the indications just alluded to : — 



Powdered capsicum, 1 drachm, 



" charcoal, £ ounce, 



" cubebs, 2 drachms, 



Sulphur, 6 drachms. 



To be given at a dose. How this shall be given is not for the 



author to say ; that will depend on circumstances. The throat 



may be sore ; in that case it will not be prudent to drench the 



patient; hence it must be introduced into the stomach along 



with the food. The patient may have no disposition to eat ; if 



so, we must give him medicines of less bulk, which, through 



patience and care, we may at last succeed in getting down the 



throat. Our remedy then is brandy and salt, in wine-glass 



doses, or 



Tincture of capsicum, .... 1 ounce, 



Linseed oil, 4 ounces, 



Fir balsam, 1 ounce. 



In the event of the patient not swallowing the whole of this, it 

 will have the effect of lessening the pain within the throat, even 

 should it only come in contact with the mucous surfaces. Let 

 the medicines be given in broken doses, at intervals of a few 

 minutes ; in this way we may succeed, even should the throat be 

 sore. 



The blotches over the body should be sponged daily with 

 alkaline wash — weak ley of wood ashes, or saleratus water. 

 So soon as abscesses appear, they are to be moistened with 



Pyroligneous acid, 4 ounces, 



Water, 1 pint. 



The case will very soon be decided; the patient will either 

 grow worse, or shoW symptoms of amendment ; if he should, 

 however, appear better, the above treatment, with the addition 



