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Aloetic Alteratives. 



Aloes in fine powder, . . 2 drachms. 



^itre, 2 drachms. 



Soap, 2 drachms. 



Mix and form one balL To be given daily till a slight action 

 of the bowels is produced. 



AQititnonial Alterative. 



Sulphur, . . ) 1 ^ « -, , 



Q / 1 , ,, ^. \ each 2 to 3 drachms, 



bulphuret ot antimony, ) 



Treacle to form a ball. One of which may be given four, 

 five, or six days in succession. 



The preparation necessary before giving aloetic purges 

 should be very scrupnlously attended to. Bran mashes must 

 be liberally substituted for hay during the twenty-four hours 

 previous to giving the ball ; and the horse requires to be walked 

 out during its operation. 



All the above admirable remarks on the diseases of the 

 horse, with the formulas for all the more ordinary affections, 

 are taken, without alteration, omission, or remark, from the 

 excellent M'ork by Youatt and Cecil on the Horse, as reprinted 

 from " Knight's Store of Knowledge." 



They are the best and most practical of any thing ever pub- 

 lished within the same comj)ass, and should be in the hands of 

 every horseman. 



