238 STABLE MANUAL AND HORSE DOCTOR 



and those may be noted as stomachics whose action is 

 more permanent. Both the one and the other appear to 

 act by a sympathetic efFect they excite between the 

 stomach and the brain. Warm, spicy matters possess 

 some efficacy ; but, as might be supposed, such cordials 

 (i.e. stomachics) appear to act best when they are 

 received into the system at large, as general food, malt, 

 gruel, ale, etc. 



A) 



Gentian, powdered .... 8 ounces. 

 Ginger, powdered .... 4 ounces. 

 Oil of aniseed ..... J ounce. 

 Make into a mass with, lard, honey, treacle, or conserve 

 of roses, and give one ounce for a dose. 



(B) 



Of the preceding mass . . .1 ounce. 



Gum myrrh 1 diachm. 



Balsam of tolu 1 drachm. 



(C) 



Of the first mass ... .1 ounce. 



Camphor 1 drachm. 



Opium ...... 1 drachm. 



Either of these may be given as a drink also, by infusing 

 the powders in a pint of ale. 



As Stimulants, Mr. Vines, in his " Treatise on Glanders," 

 enumerates the following articles : Cantharides, Canella 

 bark. Capsicum berries, Cubebs or Java pepper. Ginger 

 root. Grains of Paradise, Pellitory of Spain ; all the 

 different sorts of peppers, as the common black, Cayenne, 

 Chili, long, and white ; Pimento, or Allspice ; Sweet 

 Flag-root, Winter's bark. 



More permanent stomachic stimulants are such as act 

 not only by determining a greater quantity of blood to 

 the stomach, but also by strengthening the muscular tone 

 of that organ, enabling it to act with more energy in its 

 digestive movements. The following formulae are inserted, 



