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RECIPE (No. 33). 



Cordial Drink. 



Take — Powdered ginger, a drachm ; 

 Tincture of opium, an ounce ; 

 Sulphuric ether, two ounces ; 

 Good ale, a pint. 



Let this potion be administered with all considera- 

 tion for the state of the animal. Make no more haste 

 than good speed, and remember the slightest impa- 

 tience may now cause the death of the sufferer. 



If in the course of a quarter of an hour no effect is 

 produced, the drink may be repeated again and again, 

 for in cases of this kind there is no time for delay. 

 Do not, however, be advised to give any thing solid. 

 The digestion is too much enfeebled to appropriate it. 

 If ordinary work will arrest the digestive process, 

 how much more capable is total exhaustion to render 

 the stomach inactive. 



A cordial ball is an excellent thing in its way, but 

 however good on general occasions the best would 

 here be sadly out of place. However, the following 

 is a good one of its class, and upon the symptoms 

 subsiding, one of these dissolved in lukewarm w T ater 

 may be attended with good effect. 



RECIPE (No. 34). 

 Cordial Ball. 



Take — Powdered capsicums, half a drachm ; 

 Extract of gentian, two drachms ; 

 Carbonite of ammonia, one drachm ; 

 Powdered camphor, a scruple ; 

 Linseed meal, a sufficiency : 

 Mix with honey and give. 

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