Ig ON PURGING. 



Recipe — A. Mercurial Ball. 



(RECIPE, No. 5.) 



Mercurial Ball, 



Take — Calomel, Barbadoes aloes, ginger, and Castile 

 soap, of each two drachms : 

 Make them into a ball, with syrup of buck- 

 thorn. 



This should be given at night, and the purge 

 (No. 2, p. 11) next morning, with only six 

 drachms of aloes in it, but add half a drachm 

 of prepared kali to the purge, which will pre- 

 vent the animal from being griped. 



No horse should be physiced oftener than 

 every six days, or once a week, and that not 

 more than for three times. Some horses are sub- 

 ject to over-purge, either through too large a dose 

 being given, or from th^ horse taking cold while 

 in physic ; in either case, the following cordial 

 drink will check the purging, and dispel the grip- 

 ing pains usually incident in this case. 



