74 PHYSICKING. 



the aloes be soft and difficult to powder, mix in the 

 mutton fat and warm them together over a fire. 



Drench. Put the aloes and Epsom salts into a 

 pint bottle, pour three quarters of a pint of hot water 

 over them, shake until well dissolved, and, when 

 cool, give.* t 



When calomel is required over night, previous to 

 a ball or drench on the following morning, it is to 

 be mixed up with a spoonful of linseed-meal and 

 ghee, and given at five or six o'clock, on an empty 

 stomach, before taking his walk. The bran mash 

 and a pooly of grass may be eaten afterwards, at 

 evening's feeding-time, and then the muzzle put on 

 for the night. 



ALTERATIVES. 



Nine to ten drachms of best aloes, one drachm of 

 calomel, and thirty drops of oil of anise-seed, made up 

 with linseed-oil, and a tea-spoonful of linseed meal ; or, 

 as under " PHYSIC BALL," and divided into eight balls, 

 one to be given every morning at daybreak, and one 

 also every evening about five, when he goes out for his 

 walk, will answer this purpose, when they are requir- 



* Some horses will hold a drench in their mouths for ten minutes without 

 swallowing it. 



t When aloes are given in solution, they should always be prepared as fol- 

 lows, aloes in small pieces one part, distilled water seven parts, proof spirit one 

 part. Dissolve the aloes by means of the water bath, that is, put the aloes and 

 distilled water in a bottle. Put the bottle up to the neck in boiling water in a 

 pot or chattie and allow it to simmer over a slow fire for two hours, and when 

 removed add the spirit. The dose, as a purgative will vary from four to six 

 fluid ounces ED. 



