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brown sugar. This is excellent for coughs, colds, or to 

 give a horse an appetite. 



TO CURE COUGH— NO. 2. EXCELIiENT. 



Put all the tar into alcohol it will cut, and add one-third 

 in quantity of tincture belladonna. Dose: From one to 

 two teaspoonfuls once or twice a day. Very good. 



TO CURE COUGH-NO. 3. 



Take tartar emetic, i oz.; resin, 2 oz.; bloodroot, i oz.; 

 salts of tartar, 2 oz.; ginger, 2 oz. Mix, and give a tea- 

 spoonful three times a day, in the feed. 



COUGH POWDER. 



Fenugreek, ginger, licorice and bloodroot, equal parts 

 Half proportion lobelia and camphor may be added. Dose, 

 tablespoonful twice a day. For heaves, add more camphor. 



DIURETIC DROPS 



that are reliable for stoppage of water, foul water, or in- 

 flammation of the kidneys, in all cases : 



Take of sweet spirits of nitre, 4 oz.; balsam copaiba, 

 2 oz.; oil of juniper, 2 oz.; spirits of turpentine, 2 oz.; 

 gum camphor, pulverized, i oz. Mix all together, and 

 shake well, bottle, and it is fit for use for man or beast, 

 tmder all cirumcstances where a diuretic is required. 



Dose : For a horse, i oz. in half a pint of milk once in 

 six hours; for a man, i teaspoonful in a tablespoonful of 

 milk once in six hours. 



Be sure to shake the ingredients up well before turning 

 out for use. 



THE PULSE. 



The beating, as it is termed, of the heart, and that of an 

 artery, tells the exact condition of the circulation and of 

 the health, to the experienced practitioner. 



In a state of health the pulse is from 36 to 40 in a min- 

 ute. It will be felt easiest and best at the lower jaw, a 



