40. ASTHMA. 



Recipe— ^Asthmatic and Purging. 



is broken-winded. If the horse be in good con- 

 dition, take from two to three quarts of blood 

 from him, and give him mashes of scalded bran 

 twice a day for two or three days, and then the 

 following purge. 



(RECIPE, No. 21.) 



Asthmatic Ball, 



Take — Tartarised antimony, and calomel, of each on« 

 drachm ; 

 Castile soap, ginger, and assafoetida, of each 



two drachms ; 

 Syrup sufficient to form it into a ball. 



Let this be given at night after he has eaten 

 his mash, and the following purging ball next 

 morning. 



(RECIPE, No, 22.) 



Purging BalL 



1'^KE — Barbadoes aloes, seven drachms ; 



Castile soap, ginger, and assafoetida, of each 

 two drachms; 



