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until it begins to operate/'' 5 " Should the cold and 

 cough not be of this severe acute kind, but remain 

 hanging on him ten days or more, and the pulse be 

 under forty-two, leave off the antimonial powder, 

 &c., and resort to the mild beer tonic stimulant, p. 

 109, once a-day, in the morning ; giving also half a 

 drachm of asafoetida in half of one of the fried vege- 

 table bringals, every afternoon. A little of the Bam- 

 boo-ke-puttah, is also useful in this case. 



Simple Oxymel. Two pounds of honey and a pint 

 of vinegar, simmered together over the fire. 



If a horse takes cold, and, instead of becoming fe- 

 verish, remains cold, perhaps slightly shivers, which 

 sometimes happens, the hot instead of the cooling 

 treatment may be begun with. A pint of warm beer, 

 with two drachms of ginger and one drachm of cam- 

 phor dissolved in it may be given, which repeat in 

 twelve hours, the grain being boiled, and mixed 

 with a hot mash. 



A horse is seldom the better for having a cold 

 hanging on him a week or ten days, and nothing is 

 more annoying than hearing a favourite one cough- 

 ing ; therefore these easy directions should not be 

 neglected : besides, as colds of all kinds (both fever- 

 ish colds, when the pulse is quickened, the skin dry, 

 and the breath hot, &c. ; and those when the pulse 



* The following treatment is better ; half a drachm of digitalis, one drachm 

 tartar emetic, one drachm aloes, and three drachms of nitre made into a 

 ball, given morning and evening until the faces become softened, after which 

 the aloes ought to be omitted. The glands below the ears and the throat well 

 rubbed in with the following liniment. Liquor ammonia two parts, spirits of 

 turpentine one part, and olive oil three parts. The head well steamed twice 

 a day and a hood put on. Clysters of warm water and soap every morn- 

 ing. ED. 



