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490&#93; 49°] HOR 4. Barb: does aloes, ten drains ; Castile soaf* and jalap (in powder), of each half an ounce.; creai tartar and ginger, each two drams ; cil of anisfced, forty drops ; and twenty drops of oil Of cloves. These are to be formed into a ball, either with syrup of roses or of buckthorn. In preparing these balls, it will be requisite to give them an oval form ; but, if they exceed the size of a small hen's i ; g, they Ought to be divided into two doses, and dip- ped in oil, in order that they may pass the more easily down the bore's throat. II. Clysters are of considera- ble service, in relieving the animal from various acute complaints : hence they should be carefully administered, lukewarm. Their composition ought to be extremely simple, so that they may be easily prepared, and given on sudden emergencies. Clysters are distinguished by va- rious names, such as emollient, laxa - tiv', diuretic, &c. of these we shall specify such as may be speedily procured, together with the cases in ■which they may be resorted to with advantage. 1. Lrxn/ire Clyster. Let two or three quarts of thin wati i -gruel be mi-:, d with eight i uni i s of Glauber's salt, to which arc to be added, six ounce's of sweet oil. 2 . En, i I I'm, I Cly s ter. Ta ke two or t! r e quarts of thin water-gruel, six ounces of coarse sugar, and a similar proportion of salad-oil. The e is to be well mixed, and in- parations will be fully sufficient to promote a free discharge in sudden as, iril ammatii n », &c. } they i i<-, in g< neral fully as < ili- cacious as the, more cosily com- pounds. HOR T>. Purging Clyster. Infuse- t 79 ounces of senna in boiling water j aft< r having stood a sufficient time, it is to be strained., and four on: of syrup of buckthorn, with an iqual quantity of salad-oil, are to be carefully incorporated with it.— This will operate more speedily than either of the preceding mix- tures, and is therefore preferable, when immediate discharges become necessary. In case of sudden or apprehend- ed inflammations in the bowels, the* following is the most proper : 4. Anodyne Clyster : it consists of one pint of the jelly of starch, or infusion of linseed, and one ounce of liquid laudanum, pro- perly mixed, and immediately ad- ministered : if the symptoms in- crease, from 30 to 40 grains of opium may be substituted for the laudanum, according to their ur- gency. 5. Nourishing Clyster. Three quarts of thick water-gruel, with two or three table-spocnfuls of ho- ney. — When clysters of this kind become necessary, they ought to be given four, or even five times in the course of a day, as circum- stances may require. They are very serviceable in cases of locked jaw, inflammations of the throat, ice. 6. Diuretic Clyster. Take Venice turpentine, two ounces ; Castile. soap, one ounce. These are to be well beaten up with the yolk of two eggs, and then diluted with two quarts 'of warm water. Such a clyster is of great service in the strangury, and all obstructions of the urinary passages : it speedily administered, it seldom tails to af- ford complete relief. These few clysters are amply sufficient tor common exigencies j and, with a few alterations, which every
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