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let them stand — a week’s roasting would be rather too much for 
flesh and blood to endure), and strain. Add a sufficiency of 
elbow-grease ! !” 
In the next page we arrive at the first veterinary prescription. 
‘‘Liquid Blister for Horses. — Take two ounces of 
powdered cantharides, and one and a quarter pint of spirits of 
turpentine. Mix them. This blister is perhaps the best that can 
be used ; it leaves little or no disfigurement.” If spirit of wine 
had been recommended instead of spirit of turpentine, we should 
have said that a very good liquid blister, but of quite full strength, 
would have been produced ; — and to this we do not object, if it is 
lowered with double or treble its quantity of olive oil ; but if used 
in its full strength, and with some of the elbow-grease previously 
recommended, we can tell Mr. Bateman that it will blemish, and 
oftener and more than he likes. For the observation that “ euphor- 
bium and corrosive sublimate do more harm than good,” in the 
name of our suffering patients we thank him. 
“ To cure the Thrush in Horses’ Feet. — Take of sul- 
phate of copper and of iron two ounces each ; sulphate of zinc, 
powdered alum, honey, and vinegar, of each four ounces ; nitric 
and sulphuric acid, of each half an ounce. Mix and boil together 
half an hour. Remark , Infallible.” We are not aware what 
suite of carriages Mr. Bateman keeps ; but if he could discover an 
infallible cure for thrush, he has, or deserves to have, so far as 
money-matters go, all that his heart can wish. In our opinion, 
this is the old segyptiacum spoiled. The sulphate of iron has cer- 
tainly no business here, and the nitric acid had much better be 
omitted. 
“ Cordial Ball. — The best cordial balls are made as fol- 
lows : — Take one ounce each of ground pimento and nitre, and 
make into a ball with treacle and honey.” To the hot-and-cold- 
blowing character of this ball, to the outrageous dose of nitre, 
and to the still more outrageous dose of the pimento, we do most 
decidedly object. We cannot conceive of any state or character of 
disease in which a ball like this would not be dangerous, and 
possibly destructive. 
“ Fever Balls. — Take four drachms of tartarized antimony, 
six of camphor, two of liquorice, nine of powdered nitre, and a 
sufficiency of honey to form a mass. To be given in ounce balls.” 
To these balls we have no insuperable objection; but in general 
cases of fever we had rather that the camphor should be omitted. 
“ Diuretic Balls. — Take seven pounds of powder of resin, 
eighteen pounds of common turpentine, three-quarters of a pound 
of powdered guaiacum, and six drachms of tartarized antimony. 
Dose, six drachms.” Of what service the guaiacum, or the small 
