1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

203

No. 448. Laudanum Draught. Laudanum may be used in cases of urgency, es- pecially in the wet or lax gripes. Take a quart of beer, and make it a very little warmer than blood- heat ; then put a tablespoonful of powdered ginger into it, and a small wineglassful of laudanum, just before it is given to the horse. This, in most cases, will give ease in a short time; but, if the complaint is exceedingly violent, give about half the above quantity again in 15 or 20 minutes. As soon as the pain seems to be abated, if the belly is costive, giv.e the horse a purgative. In case of looseness, no pur- gative must be given: the laudanum, which is of a binding nature, will correct it. When pain is occasioned by inflammation, it is seldom proper to employ opium, or any medicine of that kind ; but when it depends upon spasm or irri- tation, no medicines are so beneficial. In inflamma- tion of the bowels, for example, opium would cer- tainly do much injury; but in flatulent or spasmodic colic, or gripes, it seldom fails of success. Another Anodyne Medicine. When horses are affected with colic, or where tlic use of anodynes is requisite, the following prepu::- tion may be given, namely : opium, 1 drachm, or GO grains; Castile soap, 2 drachms ; and powdered anise- seed, 1 ounce, or 4 drachms : to be made into a ball with syrup for one dose. No. 449.