j08 Diseases of the Horse. 



An ordinary cough and fever draught is : — 



No. 52. Powdered digitalis, ^ drachm, 



Nitre, \ oz. 



Water, 1 pint. 



For a drench. 



The following is recommended as a useful drench in ob-' 



Btinate coughs : — • 



No. '03. Solution of potash, 1 drachm. 



Linseed oil, 2 oz. 



Molasses, 1 oz. 



Give in a pint of soft water or milk twice a day. 



Tar water has been well spoken of: 



No. 54. Tar water, 



Lime water, each J pint 



Powdered squills, 1 drachm. 



This drink every morning in obstinate coughs. 



As a sedative mixture, to allay the violence of the cough, 



we may employ: — 



No. 55. Nitre, 4 drachms. 



Powdered opium, 2 drachms, 



Prussic acid (dilute). 1 drachm. 



Mix in a pint of mucilage or linseed tea, and give half a tumblerful 

 three times a day. 



Sometimes a chronic cough of long standing is benefitted 



by a blister on the chest. Instead of the usual cantharides 



plaster we may use the following, which leaves less of a 



blemish : — 



No. 56. Croton oil, 1 drachm. 



Sulphuric ether, 

 Alcohol, each 10 drachms. 



Apply with friction. 



Expectorants, as they are called, — medicines designed to 

 loosen the cough and hasten the restoration of the secretions 

 to their natural condition — do not act with as decided bene- 

 fit in the lower animals as in man. They are, however, occa- 

 sionally useful. One of the best combinations is : — 



