No. 1. Gum ammoniac 2 or 3 drs.
Powdered squills 1 dr.
Camphor 1 dr.
Ginger 1 dr.
Castile soap 2 drs.
Oil of aniseed 20 drops.
Syrup and flour enough to form the ball.
No. 2. Strained turpentine 8 oz.
Yellow resin 4 oz.
Olive oil 2 oz.
Hard soap 8 oz.
Put these in a pan over a slow fire, and, when perfectly melted, stir in
of powdered ginger six ounces; allspice, powdered, six ounces; liquorice
powder, or linseed powder, enough to form a mass fit for making balls.
The dose, from one and a half to two ounces, to be given for two or
three successive mornings, or until it acts as a diuretic. When a horse,
affected with cough, becomes costive, a clyster may be thrown up; or he
may be kept chiefly on green food, or bran mashes, for a few days. I
have observed, in some cases, that the cough-ball has been more
efficacious when preceded by a mild purgative with a drachm of calomel.
The following powder has sometimes been found a good remedy for coughs,
especially when the horse’s diet and exercise have been carefully
attended to; and in cases where the cough has appeared to be confined to
the larynx the following drench has done good. _Vide_ BLAINE.
Take of nitre, levigated antimony, and powdered resin, of each two or
three drachms; mix for one dose, and give it every morning in a mash
until it acts as a diuretic. When cough happens to young horses, and the
membranes of the eye appear red, the loss of a little blood, and a
clyster, are likely to do good.