IS6 PHARMACOPOEIA. 



Ill modern practice those medicines are never 

 used, nor is any credit given to the opinion, 

 so that the term is become obsolete, 



ALTERATIVES. Medicines that gradu- 

 ally change the system from a diseased to a 

 healthy state ; the medicines commonly used 

 as alteratives, are given in very small doses, 

 so that their effect is scarcely perceptible ; 

 nor do they prevent a horse from continuing 

 his usual work, or render it necessary to 

 make any alteration in his diet. In the Ma^ 

 teria Medtca, we endeavoured to shew the 

 propriety of dividing alteratives into three 

 classes, viz. laxative, diuretic, and diapha- 

 retic, which plan we shall now follovv. 



LAXATIVE ALTERATIVES. 



No. 1. Barbadoes aloes, ten drams, 



Castile soap, one ounce. 



Aniseed powdered, one ounce and 

 a half. 



Oil of cloves, 20 drops. 

 Syrup enough to form the mass for four 

 balls, one to be given every morning uniil 

 the bowels are moderately opened. 

 No. 2. Barbadoes aloes one ounce. 



Calomel, one dram and a half. 



