IB6 ALTERATIVE MEDICINES. 



Recipe — Alterative Balls. 



(RECIPE, No. 88.) 



Common Alterative Balls. 



Tare — Nitre, roll sulphur, antimony, of each four 

 ounces, in fine powder ; 

 Ginger, in powder, two ounces ; 

 Liquorice powder, and treacle, sufficient to 

 make them into a mass for balls. A piece, 

 of the size of a pigeon's egg, may be rolled 

 into a ball, and given to the horse every 

 other morning. 



N. B. In all impurities of the blood, all me- 

 dicines of this class, that are administered as al- 

 teratives, must be continued for a considerable 

 time, before much benefit can be expected from 

 them. 



