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Campbor, one dram. 

 Opium, half a dram. 

 Compound powder of tragacantb, 

 two drams. 

 Honey enough to form the ball for one 

 dose. 

 No. 3. Emetic tartar, one dram and a half, 

 or two drams. 

 Compound powder of tragacantb, 



two drams. 

 Syrup enough to form the ball for 

 one dose. 

 No. 4. Camphor, two drams. 



Nitre, one ounce. — Mix for one dose. 

 The above balls are to be given every day, 

 oroftener if the symptoms require it. No. 

 4. generally acts as a diuretTc, and therefore 

 must not be persevered in too long, a^.it may 

 occasion so profuse an evacuation of urine 

 as to injure the animal. It is proper to ob- 

 serve here, that no medicine will avail much 

 in fever, if bleeding is neglected ; and if 

 the fever is violent, external inflammation-; 

 should be raised by means of rowels in the 

 chest and belly ; and the mustard blister ap- 

 plied to the sides. 



FOMENTATIONS. This term is ap- 



