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preparations are used, also honey, gums, mucilages, etc. 

 Diluents, as warm fluids, mashes, etc., are also demulcents, 

 because they dilute acrimonious matter and render it less 

 active. 



(A) DEMULCENT DRENCH. 



Linseed 

 Water 



Gum arable 

 Water 



(B) Another. 



4 ounces. 

 1 quart. 



1 ounce. 

 1 quart. 



(C) Another. 



Marshmallows 2 handfals. 



Water 1 quart. 



Simmer the first and third of these until a mucilaginous 

 decoction is made, and administer when nearly cold. 



Diaphoretics. — Medicines which increase the insensible 

 perspiration, and open the exhalant pores of the skin. 

 The remedies require smart exercise in clothing to promote 

 their action, the horse afterwards to be carefully wiped 

 dry. Sudorifics {q.v.) are intended to do it more actively, 

 and to occasion actual sweating. Vinegar will often pro- 

 duce a violent perspiration, but it is not a salutary one ; 

 yet the same liquid, neutralised by ammoniacal salts into 

 Mindererus's spirit, will often excite a favourable but mild 

 diaphoretic effect. Antimonials in repeated doses, assisted 

 by diluting liquors and warm clothing, will likewise com- 

 monly produce some diaphoresis. Camphor, in considerable 

 doses, will also occasion a determination to the skin. Aloes, 

 guaiacum, white hellebore, digitalis, etc., are diaphoretics. 



(A) DIAPHORETIC BALL IN 



Emetic tartar 



Camphor . 



Ginger 



Opium 



Oil of caraways 



HIDE-BOUND. 



Linseed meal and boilinsf water to form a ball. 



2 drachms. 

 J drachm. 

 2 drachms. 

 1 drachm. 

 20 drops. 



