38 THE PUY COUGH. 



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Directions for administering the Cough Drink. 



(RECIPE, No, 20.) 

 Cous:h Dri7ik. 



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Take — Barbadoes tar, balsam of sulphur, with oil of 



aniseeds, of each one ounce; 

 Incorporate them with the yolk of one egg: 



then add 

 Nitre, one ounce; 

 Ginger, half an ounce ; 

 Oxymel of squills, four ounces : 

 Mix them toerether. 



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Let this drink be gradually mixed in a pint of 

 warm sage or rue tea, and give it in the morning 

 fasting ; let the horse stand without meat for two 

 hours after; then give him a mash of scalded bran 

 and oats, and warm water. This drink should be 

 repeated every other morning, for three or four 

 times. Give the horse mashes and warm water 

 twice a day, during the time of taking the drinks. 



