I2S iMATERfA M£D(CA. 



ibr they often receive much benefit when at 

 grass, in such situations. 



MINT. This is a valuable herb, and 

 grows very abundantly. There are t\vo 

 kinds used in medicine, viz. Spearmint, and 

 Peppermint. The former is an excellent 

 carminative, and generally affords relief in 

 flatulency of the stomach and bowels, and 

 that complaint which arises from it, termed 

 gripes, fret, or flatulent cholic. 



Peppermint f however, is considerably 

 stronger, and I think more certain in its ef- 

 fect ; all the virtues of mint reside in an oil, 

 which it affords plentifully by distillation ; 

 and this is the only convenient form in which 

 it can be employed for veterinary purposes, 

 but it requires to be highly diluted with 

 water, with which it mixes very readily, if 

 previously dis^olvcd m a small proportion 

 of rectified spirit, or rubbed in a mortar with 

 mucilage and suL-ar. 



The dose of oil of nenpermint is from 

 twenty drops to half a draniL of spi?armint, 

 from fort}?^ drops to one dram. 



This is generally fouiid a sufficient quan- 

 tity, but may be increased if it prove incf- 

 tectual. 



