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(A) STIMULATING DIURETIC BALL. 



Powdered resin . . . . .8 drachms. 

 Fused nitre (sal prunella) . . .3 drachms. 



Castile soap 3 drachms. 



Oil of juniper 1 drachm. 



Mix. 



(B) COMMON DIURETIC BALL. 



Powdered nitre 1 ounce. 



Camphor ...... 1 drachm. 



Oil of juniper . ' . . . 1 drachm. 

 Linseed meal to form a mass. 



(C) DIURETIC POWDER FOR A MASH. 



Fused nitre (sal prunella) . . . J to f ounce. 



Resin 2 to J ounce. 



Mix. 



(D) Another more Active Powder. 



Fused nitre 6 drachms. 



Camphor IJ draclim. 



Mix. 



Drinks or Drenches. — Many practitioners and horse pro- 

 prietors have a great objection to the administration of 

 medicine in the form of drinks. A drink is not so portable 

 as a ball, it is more troublesome to give, and a portion of it 

 is usually wasted. If the drink contains any acrid substance, 

 it is apt to excoriate the mouth or to irritate the throat 

 already sore from disease, or the unpleasant taste of the 

 drug may unnecessarily nauseate the horse. There are some 

 medicines, however, which must be given in the form of 

 drink, as in colic ; and the time, perhaps, is not distant when 

 purgatives will be thus administered, as more speedy and 

 safer in their operation. In cases of much debility and 

 entire loss of appetite, all medicine should be given in solution, 

 for the stomach may not have sufficient power to dissolve 

 the paper in which the ball is wrapped, or the substance of 

 the ball. 



An ox's horn, the larger end being cut slantingly, is the 

 usual and best instrument for administering drinks. The 



