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\y increasing it. Some practitioners re- 

 commend blisters, and others fomentations, 

 to the jaws; stimulating gl3^sters and the 

 cold bath have also been advised. Strong 

 blisters to the spine, from the withers to the 

 tail, have been recommended as the best 

 remedy. 

 ANTISPASMODIC MIXTURES, for old or chro- 



nic cough. 

 No. 1 . Assafoetida, half an ounce. 

 Powdered squill, one dram. 

 Castile soap and Venice turpentine, 

 of each, two drams. Mix for one 

 dose. 

 No. 2. Gum ammoniacum, half an ounce. 

 Balsam of tolu, two drams. 

 Liquorice powder, and powdered 



squills, of each one dram. 

 Oil of anise seed, twenty drops. 

 Balsam of sulphur, enough to form 

 the ball, for one dose. 

 No. 3. Powdered squill, and camphor, of 

 each, one dram. 

 Powdered opium, half a dram. 

 Castile soap, two drams. 

 Strained storax, one dram and a half. 



