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tinued use of the sulphur, in small doses, that its benefit 

 is derived; this may be sweetened with pulverized sugar 

 and scented with anise, to render it more pleasant and 

 palatable; then a little mustard, ginger, or cayenne 

 may be added, to whet the appetite, &c. Dose, a table- 

 spoonfull once a day, except in urgent cases twice a day. 

 And you may add to these powders, any other ingredient 

 that you th>nk will be beneficial, according to the con- 

 dition of the animal. You will find them to answer a 

 much better purpose than those you buy at the shops, and 

 will not cost you half as much. 



Heave Powders. — May be made the same as the con- 

 dition powders, by only adding one-fourth as much as 

 you do of the sulphur of pulverized lobelia seed (inflata), 

 the dose to be divided and given morning and evening; 

 or what will be still better, is to work it up into a ball, 

 with honey or balsam of fir, and give it in that way. 

 This, with frequent drinks, made by infusing the Irish 

 moss in water and sweetened with loaf sugar, will be 

 attended with the best success in heaves. This is an 

 excellent drink in all kinds of coughs, &c. 



Tobacco, is a cathartic, diuretic, narcotic, and anti- 

 spasmodic. Five or six large spoonsfull of strong infu- 

 sion of tobacco, mixed with a quart of gruel, and used 

 as an injection, will afford relief in violent colics — 

 sometimes when the bowels can not be moved by any other 

 physic. The smoke of this weed is also very good for 

 a like purpose, by being injected, and also for dispelling 

 wind, &c. 



^ Salve, made by boiling the inner bark of the dog 



