;M6 PERIODICAL COUGH, AT GRASS ; [BOOK II. 



Castile soap, 3 drachms, 



Calomel, 1 drachm, 



Ginger, 2 drachms, 



Oil of carraways, 10 drops; 

 mucilage enough to form the ball for one dose. 



Some horses are more delicate than others, and 

 being then irritable about the throat and chest, are 

 liable to contract a periodical cough, which becomes 

 chronic without due care. Such animals should be 

 exposed as little as possible to any violent weather, 

 or sudden change of the temperature: they are 

 also the kind of animals that benefit greatly, or 

 suffer the most, by a summer run at grass, accord- 

 ing to the heat, the dampness, or dryness of the 

 season, and the precautions used previously to, and 

 at the turnino; out. Neither should such tender 

 animals, under circumstances of chronic cough, 

 which generally affects their coats also, about the 

 chest in particular, be treated with a 2 nir g^ ve > 

 even of the mildest form, but with alteratives in- 

 stead. 



Alterative Balls. 



Aloes 



r 12 drachms each, 

 Hard soap, 



Emetic tartar, J drachm, 



Ginger, -J oz. 



Oil of caraways, 1 drachm ; 

 with mucilage enough to form the balls into six 

 doses. Give one every morning until a loose stool 

 is produced, which may happen on the third or 



