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animal more speedily tlian the simple glvs- 

 ter, if it be assisted by other appropriate 

 remedies. The next ulyster we have to des- 

 ciiloe is t\\Q anodyne^ \v!)ich consists of water 

 made highly mucihiginous by means of 

 starch or arrow root, and about two drams 

 of opium dissolved in it. The quantity of 

 liuuid should not exceed three pints, or two 

 quarts at most. This glyster acts also as an 

 ^stringent in very obstinate diarrhoeas. The 

 last glyster we have to notice is the cathartic, 

 which may be composed merely of one gal- 

 lon cf water and eight ounces of common 

 .-nilt ; but when the bowels are very torpid, 

 which is often the case in staggers, one 

 ounce and a half of aloes may be added. 



GTvUEL. Water-gruel is extremely use- 

 ful on many occasions. When medicines 

 are given in the form of djenches^ it makes 

 the best vehicle, more particularly if the 

 medicines be of an acrimonious nature, the 

 mucilagmious quality of the gruel tending 

 to prevent any unpleasant eiTcct upon the 

 stomach : for the same reason it is advisable 

 to irive o;ruel immediatelv after the exhibi- 

 tiou of any strong mineral preparation, suc!^ 

 as sublimate, arsenic, &c. Nothing is more 



