RECEIPT BOOK. 19 



o£ the grubs that may be in a horse; at least they 

 will thus get rid of large quantities, which must 

 surely lessen the danger. It is vain to endeavor 

 to destroy them; what would kill a horse in fifteen 

 minutes, would scarcely aflect them, or if it would, 

 the remedy would be as bad as the disease. 



Jlnother. 



In the morning, upon an empty stomach, let two 

 pounds of molasses be dissolved in three pints of 

 new milk, and given; — prevent the horse from 

 taking any food for nearly two hours, then add an 

 ounce and a half of laudanum to about three half 

 pints of warm water — after it is given let tiim be 

 walked about for nearly an hour and a half, then 

 let a dose of strong physic be given, and worked 

 off in the usual way. 



Another. 



1. Half a gallon of sweetened milk, and in an 

 hour after, an ounce of calomel. 2. An ounce 

 of calomel. 3. A pint of tar. Each has been 

 recommended as successful. Dr. Green, of Mas- 

 sachusetts, says the irritation of the botts produces 

 inflammation, and renders a large bleeding from 

 the neck proper. 



Dr. Morgati's {of JV. Jersey) remedy for the Botts. 



Take a table spoonful of unslaked lime, and let 

 it be given with the feed of the horse, at night and 

 morning, regularly, for three, four, or five days, 

 and it will completely expel the botts. 



JDr. Loomis^ {of JVorth Carolina) remedy for Botts 



Make a drench, composed of half a pint of new 



