342 QU1TT0R. — THE VIVES ; [BOOK II. 



Oil of cloves, 6 drops, 



Calomel, 1 drachm ; 

 Mix, with mucilage sufficient to form the ball for 

 the dose. This does best when the bowels may be 

 already relaxed, or the pulse quite up to their 

 highest healthy pitch. 



No. 2. Alterative Ball. 



Aloes, 4 to 5 drachms, 

 Hard soap, 4 drachms, 

 Oil of anise-seed, 10 drops ; 

 Mix, and give one dose the day following the first 

 ball. If the urine be a little turbid, encrease the 

 quantity of soap to 6 drachms. 



THE VIVES. 



This is the term given to swellings of the glands 

 just under the ear, towards the angle of the jaw, 

 that mostly attack young animals. The tumour 

 is easily repressed or driven back into the system, 

 and by more simple means than those employed 

 in more inveterate complaints of a similar nature, 

 that show themselves in other parts of the body. 

 In some respects this disorder bears near affinity to 

 the strangles. 



The Cause of Fives maybe distinctly pronounced 

 " a cold," that prolific source of so many other 

 disorders incident to man and horse. The vives 

 usually come on after hard work and sweating, by 

 the animal being then exposed to a current of air, 



