APPENDIX. 319 



Fever Balls. 



(RECIPE, No. 191.) 

 Fever Balls. 



Take. — Antimonial powder, (pulvis antimonialis) two 



drachms ; 

 Nitre, half an ounce ; 

 Camphor, in powder, one drachm ; 

 Electuary of senna, sufficient to make it into a 



ball. 



Either of the above balls may be repeated twice 

 a day, or oftener if required. The last ball is 

 equal to the other in its effects. If the pulvis an- 

 timonialis be prepared according to the London 

 pharmacopoeia, it will be found a great deal 

 cheaper, and may be afforded genuine at one 

 shilling per ounce. Horses affected with the stag- 

 gers, convulsions, epilepsies, or inflammatory fe- 

 ver, of any kind, should by no means have malt 

 mashes, or cordials of any kind, that are likely to 

 increase the febrile heat. Gruels, made of oat- 

 meal, of fresh powdered linseed, or equal quanti- 

 ties mixed together, are the most proper for horses 

 in a feverish state. Half an ounce of cream of 

 tartar, or the same quantity of nitre, might be 

 added to the gruel, as may be thought proper, till 

 his appetite is recovered. 



