HORSE MEDICINES AND REMEDIES 



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one can, under such circumstances, be administered as 

 follows : — 



(A) CORDIAL DRENCH. 



Sulphuric ether 

 Laudanum 

 Cold water 

 Mix. 



1 ounce. 

 J ounce. 

 1 pint. 



To recall the appetite of the horse slowly recovering 

 from illness, a cordial may sometimes be allowed ; or to 

 old horses that have been worked hard and used to these 

 excitements when young ; or to draught horses that have 

 exhibited slight symptoms of staggers, when their labour 

 has been unusually protracted and their stomachs left too 

 long empty ; or, mixed with diuretic medicine, to fine the 

 legs of the overworked and debilitated animal ; otherwise 

 they should never find a place in the stable, or be used at 

 the discretion of the carter or the groom. The common 

 cordial ball may be thus compounded : 



(B) CORDIAL BALL. 



Pounded caraway seeds 

 Ginger 

 Oil of cloves 

 Treacle to make a ball. 



3 drachms. 

 2 drachms. 

 20 drops. 



(C) Another Cordial Ball. 



Powdered aniseed .... 6 drachms. 



Caraways 6 drachms. 



Cassia ...... 2 drachms. 



Mix with treacle for a ball. Should catarrh be present, 

 add powdered squills (2 drachms), and use balsam of tolu 

 with the treacle. 



A quart of good sound ale, with some grated ginger, 

 almost everywhere procurable, is often the best available 

 drench in an emergency. 



Demulcents. — Medicines that act mechanically, by 

 surrounding acrid matter, and sheathing it from hurt- 

 ing sensitive and irritable parts. For this purpose oily 



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