THE GLANDERS. 47 



Recipes — Mercurial and Purging Balls. 



(RECIPE, No. 25. 

 Mercurial Ball, 



Take — Calomel, one drachm ; 



Red nitrate of quicksilver, one scruple, re- 

 duced into fine powder ; 



Precipitated sulphuret of antimony, gum 

 guaiacum, ginger^ and Castile soap, of each 

 two drachms : 



Make them into a bail with a little sjrup. 



Let this ball be given at night, after he has 

 eaten his mash, and the following purgative ball 

 next morning, 



(RECIPE, No. 26.) 



Purging Ball, 



Take — Barbadocs aloes, seven drachms; 



Jalap, ginger, and Castile soap, of each two 



draclims ; 

 Oil of sassafras, one drachm : 

 Reat the whole into a ball with syrup of 



buckthorn. 



