354 XL LIQUID COMPOUNDS.--. 



Common salt 4 oz., cream t pint, water 2 pints; mix: used by 

 farmers. — 8. Barbad. aloes 6 dr., common salt 6 oz., flour of 

 mustard 1 oz., water 2 pints ; mix : used in the staggers. — 9. 

 Epsom or Glauber's salt 6 to 8 oz., whey 2 pints; mix: useful 

 when tlie animal is feverish, as a cooling purge after bleeding, in 

 influenza or chills. — 10. Barbad. aloes i oz., salt of tartar 2 dr., 

 Glauber's salt 6 oz., water 2 pints ; mix : used in the mad staggers, 

 after very plentiful bleeding. 



Purging drench for horses. Barbad. aloes I oz., Castile 

 soap 2 dr., kali ppm. 1 dr., water 1 pint; dissolve for one dose. 



Stimulant drench, ^or stomach staggers. Common salt 1 oz., 

 water \ pint ; dissolve, and add spirit of sal volatile 1 to 2 dr. — 

 2. Tinct. of cardamoms 2 oz., mint water \2 oz. ; mix. — o. Barb, 

 aloes 6 dr. to 1 oz., calomel 1 to 2 dr., cascarilla 2 dr., oil of 

 peppermint 20 drops, tincture of cardamoms 2 oz., water as warm 

 as the horse can take it 12 oz. ; mix : for stomach staggers. 



Turpentine drench for horses. Ven. turp. 1 oz., yelk of 

 eggs No. 2 ; rub together, and add mint water 1 pint ; used in 

 stoppage of water. 



Worm drenches. Common salt 4 oz., aloes 2 dr., water 2 

 pints ; mix. — 2. Oil of turp. 4 oz., oatmeal gruel 1 pint; mix. — 

 J3. Oil of turp. 4 oz., castor or linseed oil 8 oz., gruel 8 oz. ; mix. 



Cordial astringent drench for cows. Powdered catechu 

 and allspice of each t2 drachms, caraway seeds powd. ^ oz., table 

 beer or water ~ pint, simmer a few minutes over the Are, and then 

 add strong beer or ale ~ pint ; used in all loosenesses and scour- 

 ing of cattle : for sheep this will make four doses. 



Laxative drench for cows. Common salt 4 to 6 oz., flour 

 of mustard a table spoonful, grated ginger or ground pepper of 

 either a tea spoonful, gin or other spirit a quarter of a pint, water 

 2 pints. — 2. Barbadoes aloes 4 drachms, common salt 4 oz., ginger 

 1 dr., anodyne carminative tincture 2 oz., water 2 pints ; useful 

 in red water, gorged choking, loss of cud, or whenever purging 

 is useful. — 3. Epsom salt 6 to 8 oz., castor or olive oil 6 or 8 oz., 

 water a pint, mix : this is more proper when fever is present, and 

 the animal feels hot, and the pulse is quick. 



Drench for the chill in cows. Flour of mustard, a little 

 salt, and a quart of water. The chill is the dyspepsia of medical 

 writers ; the milk becomes flaky and of a yellowish colour, hence 

 it is also called the yellows ; the appetite goes off* sometimes 

 entirely, and the animal is dull and heavy. 



Carminative drench for cows. Common salt 4 oz., Barb, 

 aloes 4 drachms, ginger powd. 1 dr., water 2 pints, anodyne 

 carminative tincture 2 oz. ; mix : used in blasting, hoving, or 



