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COLDS AND COUGHS. 



Recipe, and Treatment in a Cold. 



(RECIPE, No. 19.) 

 Pectoral Drink, 



Take — Diapente, elecampane, nitre, and cream of 



tartar, of each one ounce; 

 Balsam of sulphur, two ounces, incorporated 



with the yolk of an egg ; 

 Tincture of opium, half an ounce ; 

 Mix them together in form of an electuary. 



This drink must be dissolved in a pint of warm 

 gruel, and given to the horse in the morning fast- 

 ing ; let him stand two hours after without food, 

 and then give him a mash of scalded bran and 

 oats, and warm water. If the cold be violent, the 

 drink may be repeated every night and morning, 

 or otherwise, once a day, or every other day, as 

 may be thought sufficient. Clothe your horse, 

 and keep him warm ; let him be walked out in 

 the middle of the day, and have mashes and 

 warm water twice a day, or oftener. 



