28 GRIPES. 



Recipe — A Pur«;ing Drink. 



Barbadoes aloes, three drachms ; 



Ginger, and Castile soap, of each two 



drachms : 

 Make them into a ball with syrup. 



Let this ball be given as soon as possible, and 

 the following drink two or three hours after, 



(RECIPE, No. 15.) 



Purging Drink, 



Take — Lenitive electuary, four ounces ; 

 Cream of tartar, one ounce ; 

 Ginger, in powder, half an ounce ; 

 Oil of castor, eight ounces ; 

 Mix in a quart of warm gruel, and give it ta 

 the horse as soon as possible. 



- The above ball and drink (I have no doubt) 

 ifvill succeed in forcing a passage through the 

 intestines, and will carry off that load of dung 

 •which has so long confined the offending matter. 

 If the ball and drink has not the desired effect in 

 the course of t^velve hours, it will be necessary to 



