CHAPTER IV. 
PRESCRIPTIONS FOR INTERNAL USE. 
1. Physic Drench for Horses. 
Dissolve in a pint of lukewarm water and give as a 
drench, always allowing the horse to stand in the stable a 
day after giving it. 
This is one of the best physics known to clean out a 
horse's stomach and bowels, and also for purifying the 
blood. 
2. Physic Drench for Cattle. 
Epsom Salts 1 pound. 
Brown Sugar ^ pound. 
Common Salt 2 dessertspoonfuls. 
Dissolve in a quart of lukewarm water and give as a 
drench. This makes a good general physic for a cow that 
is not thriving well. 
3. Physic Ball for Horses. 
This contains the same ingredients as the physic drench, 
only it is prepared in a different way, as follows : 
First. — Grind up eight drams of bitter aloes good and 
fine 
Second. — Add a few drops of water to make it sticky 
when rolled. 
Third. — Roll it in a teaspoonful of ginger into the form 
of a long ball, so that it will be about one-half inch in di- 
ameter and two or three inches long. 
Fourth. — Roll it neatly in a piece of paper, and before 
giving it to the horse oil the paper, so that it will slip down 
easily. Place it well back into the mouth and hold the 
horse's head up until he swallows it. The action of this ball 
is the same as that of the physic drench. 
Bitter Aloes 
Bicarbonate Soda 
Ginger 
8 drams. 
1 dessertspoonfuls. 
1 teaspoonful. 
Ginger 
Bicarbonate Soda 
1 dessertspoonful. 
. ...1 teaspoonful. 
