OK PURGING. 11 



Recipe — A Purging Ball. 



sion a violent inflammation. This may be attri- 

 buted to the large tract of intestines (upwards of 

 thirty yards) through which it has to pass ; and 

 the time that physic takes in passing through the 

 bowels is seldom less than twenty-four hours. If 

 the above directions for preparing the horse for 

 physic be strictly observed, there will seldom any 

 danger ensue. 



(RECIPE, No. 2.) 



A Purging Ball. 



Take — Barbadoes aloes, eight drachms ; 



Jalap, ginger, and Castile soap, of each two 

 drachms ; 



Oil of aniseeds, and oil of juniper, of each 

 twenty drops: 



Mix, and make them into a ball, with a suffi- 

 cient quantity of syrup of buckthorn. 



This will be found of a sufficient strength for a 

 common-sized hackney. 



