134 ALTERATIVE MEDICINES. 



Where Bleeding is necessary, 



(RECIPE, No. 86.) 

 Alterative Balls. 



Take — Crocus of antimony, finely levigated ; Castile 



soap, sliced ; nitre, in powder ; of each two, 



ounces ; 

 Flour of sulphur, four ounces ; 

 Socotrine aloes, in powder, two ounces; 

 Tartarized antimony (emetic tartar), half an 



ounce ;. 

 To be beaten into a mass for balls with honey 



or treacle. Each ball to weigh one ounce 



and a halfw 



These balls are calculated for horses of a gross 

 habit of body, particularly such as are inclined to 

 swell or grease at the heels ; and are also proper 

 for such horses as, being full fed, and standing 

 much in the stable, have little or no exercise ; 

 they cool and purify the blood, and render the 

 animal more fit for labour. Bleeding is mostly 

 necessary in all cases of this kind ; it greatly as» 

 sists the operation of the medicines. One ball 



