1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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giving all these remedies a faithful and continued trial, the pain should continue, recourse may be had to the anodyne clyster. In the second species of this disorder, bleeding need not be resorted to unless the febrile symptoms run high. Clothe the horse warmly, use the mus- tard embrocation freely, and omit the oil. Give him frequently, by means of a bottle, (if he will not drink it,) quantities of very thin gruel or flaxseed tea. If in spite of this the disease continues, use the anodyne clyster; if that fail, the astringent draught. The pain occasioned by physicking is to be re- lieved by large clysters of thin gruel of flaxseed, which produce copious evacuations and relief.

No. 374.

Broken Wind,

This is an incurable disease ; all that can be done is to relieve the animal for a time, so as to enable him to perform a day's work. To do this, make the following

No. 375.' Pasie-Ball for Broken- Winded Horses.

Assafoetida 2 ounces, elecampane 2 ounces, flowers of colt's-foot 2 ounces, powdered squills 2 drachms, linseed powder 1 ounce, honey as much as will make the mass. Divide it into 4 balls, and give 1 morning and evening. Much benefit may result from bleeding in this disorder, at an early period of the complaint. His food should be carrots or