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cutting it up fine) four or five hours, till it becomes nearly 

 dry; take a teaspoonfull for a dose, or a tablespoonfull, 

 in a ball, will be a dose for the horse that is troubled with 

 a cough. Make a syrup of the queen of the meadow 

 roots, and white swamp honeysuckle blossoms; sweeten 

 this with honey or loaf sugar; add to a quart of this syrup 

 half a pint of brandy. To be given once a day with the 

 above for heaves; one gill will be a fair dose for this 

 purpose; cure warranted or no pay. 



No. 37. — For a Sore Throat. 



Steam the throat with hot water, in which hops have 

 been infused.' After the hops have been scalded in vin- 

 egar, apply them externally to the diseased part of the 

 throat. 



No. 38. — For Stoppage of Urine, Urinary Balls, 



Take a handfull of buds of currant bushes, and the 

 same quantity of honey bees; steep them very strong in 

 hot water, give two spoonsfull for a dose every half hour. 

 For the horse, take one pint of this tea and boil down 

 till it begins to thicken, then cool, and add about the 

 same quantity of balsam of fir; work into five or six balls, 

 one of which will have the desired effect. These balls 

 may be coated with sugar, and kept for use any length 

 of time — quite equal to the celebrated Murcum or Buck 

 ball. The common white mulberry bush affords a tea, 

 when freely given, that is good for all urinary obstruc- 

 tions, and facilitates the operation of other medicines; 

 and is perfectly harmless in its operation. 



