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Cordial Balls ou every occasion, are often guilty of 

 error ; for it is not every one of these cases that re- 

 quires cordials, and, even when they are proper, the 

 substances usually given are, in fact, no cordials at 

 all : a little aniseed, a few juniper berries, or turmeric, 

 &c., can produce no lasting efiect on the constitution, 

 except depraving the appetite; but when the circu- 

 lation droops from excessive exertion, as, in racing, 

 hunting, &c., and hence becomes incapable of per- 

 forming its proper functions, as eating, digesting, sleep- 

 ing, &c., then, a medicine that at once allays the irri- 

 tability of the constitution, and gives it strength, will 

 be of essential service. This is obtained by these 

 Balls, wliich, tlicrefore, are of great use after severe 

 exercise, as, a long day's hmit, a liard contested race, 

 along journey, or when a cold may be suspected to 

 have been caught. These Balls are particularly use- 

 ful for tender flue horses, who on any unusual worlt 

 refuse their food : they are likewise well adapted to 

 prevent these tender horses from getting out of con- 

 dition, Av])ich they are very apt to do on any fatigue, 

 change of diet, or when moulting, in spring and fidl. 

 These and other cases wberein they may be advisable 



are specihed at length in the directions enclosed with 

 them. 



FEVER CORDIAL BALLS, Is. 6d. each, or Ss. the 



half dozen. 

 At the end of fevers, or towards the close of long 

 and severe colds, or other lingering complaints, Iiorses 

 are frequently very low and faint : in these cases, the 

 active inflannnatory symptoms having ceased, these 

 Balls V ill give strength to the constitution to throw 



