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use given internally, or in the form of poultices for sores, 

 &c.; but for an outward application of this kind, the 

 poultice made of charcoal and yeast is to be preferred. 

 The marsh mallow, liquorice root, or ball, arrow-root, or 

 herb, also yield mucilage, and are good in cases of ca- 

 tarrh or purging, and in fevers, &c.; prepared by infu- 

 sion. 



Lithontriptics — Are supposed to have the power of 

 dissolving urinary calculi (gravel or stone in the bladder 

 or intestines); for this you may slice the common red 

 beet into old cider, and after letting it stand a w^eek, 

 give a pint twice a day. This will dissolve a stone that 

 has been taken out, and has been given with the best of 

 results; as much of its active matter must necessarily be 

 absorbed by giving it, before it reaches the bladder, why 

 not inject it through a hollow bougie into the bladder 

 occasionally, that it might prove more successful. But 

 if I had a horse in this dreadful situation, I would first 

 obtain a botlle of Tilden & Co.'s (N. Y.) Fluid Extract 

 of Hydrangia (Arborescens), and divide into six doses, 

 and give two or three a day, and wait the result. I know 

 it has done wonders for the human in this respect, and I 

 know of no good reason why it would not for the horse 

 under, like circumstances. Some might despair of ever 

 trying to relieve the horse in this critical situation, but 

 they should know that this calculi is oftener found in the 

 intestines of the horse than anywhere else. 



Preventive of' Calculi. — The greatest we can use for 

 this difficulty is to keep the digestive organs in a healthy 

 state; for these calculi are found to contain phosphate of 

 lime and other substances which are contained in their 



