APPENDIX. 321 



Restorative Balls, and where useful. 



cholic or gripes ; and to horses that are making 

 up for sale, with considerable advantage. 



(RECIPE, No. 193.) 



Restorative Balls, 



Take — Gentian, in powder, two ounces ; 



Virginian snake- root, in powder, one ounce ; 



Rust of iron, in powder, two ounces ; 



Saflfron, cut small, two drachms ; 



Mithridate, two ounces ; 



Sulphurated oil, one ounce ; 



Oil of aniseeds, two drachms ; 



Lesser cardamom sccds^ in powder, two 



ounces ; 

 Electuary of senna, four ounces : 

 Beat the whole in a ^nortar, with a sufficient 



quantity of liquorice powder, and syrup of 



roses, into a proper consistency for balls of 



the size of a pullet's egg. 



These balls are better calculated to restore the 

 appetite, after a ling^ering disease, than the for- 

 mer. They promote digestion, brace and strengthen 

 a relaxed constitution ; and are proper to give ia 

 all internal disorders after the symptoms are miti- 

 gated. 



