AND PHARMACOrCEIA. 415 



LAXATIVE ALTERATIVES. 



No. 1. Barbadoes filoes 8 drs. 



Castile soap 1^ oz. 



Caraways, or aniseed^ powdered. 1^ oz. or 2 oz. 



Ginger i' oz. 



Syrup or treacle enough to form a mass, to be divided into four 

 balls, one of which is to be given daily until the bowels are 

 opened. 



No. 2. Barbadoes aloes 8 drs. 



Calomel 2 drs. 



Caraway seed, powdered H oz. 



Ginger 4 drs. 



Oil of cloves 40 drops. 



Mix as above for four doses, and give one daily until the bowels 

 are opened. While taking these balls the horse must have 

 mashes, and the chill taken off his water ; he should not be 

 exposed to the cold, but have moderate exercise.* 



No. 3. Sublimed sulphur 6 oz. 



Tartarized antimony 6 drs. to 1 oz. 



Calomel 3 drs. 



Mix and divide into six doses, one of which is to be given daily. 



DIURETIC ALTERATIVES. 



No. 1 . Yellow resin, and nitrate of potash, 



of each 4 oz. 



Mix and divide into six or eight parts, one of which is to be 

 given daily in the horse's corn, until a diuretic effect is 

 produced. 



No. 2. Yellow resin 4 oz. 



Spanish soap 3 oz. 



Venice turpentine 2 oz. 



Powdered caraways enough to form the mass. To be divided 

 into balls of a moderate size, one of which may be given 

 daily until a diuretic effect is produced. 



No. 3. Powdered nitre 4 oz. 



Resin and flour, of each 2 oz. 



Treacle enough to form the mass. To be divided into balls of a 

 moderate size, and given as above. 



* Caution is requisite in administering these small doses of aloes, parti- 

 cularly if there is any catarrh or aifection of the respiratory organs. — Ed.] 



