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Or, Take 5y each of Winter's bark and prepared chalk ; 3iij of pow-dered caraway-seeds; $ss of opium; 20 drops of oil of anise, andmake into a ball with honey or treacle.

Or, Take Jss of powdered opium, 5 j of powdered ginger; 5iv each ofhard soap and turpentine, and make a ball with liquorice powder.

Or, Melt together gviij of strained turpentine, jiv of yellow resin,3 v j 0I> soap, and 31J of sweet oil; add gij of oil of anise, Jj of oil ofcaraway, rubbed up with giv of ginger in powder, and make into amass with linseed powder to form 16 balls.

Cough Ball. Take 5 j each of opium, camphor, and squills; Jiij ofgum ammoniac; ^j each of soap and ginger ; make into a ballwith honey or syrup, adding 20 drops of oil of anise. (See GarlicBalls.)

Diuretic Ball. Take ftj each of yellow resin, Castile soap, and Veniceturpentine, and dissolve slowly over a fire to form a mass. Dose Jjto gjss for gripes, grease, swelled legs, &c.

Or, Take gss of Venice turpentine, 5ij of tartarized antimony, and Jjof liquorice powder, to make a ball with treacle.

Or, Take Jiv of Castile soap; Jij each of powdered resin and nitre ;5SS of oil of juniper, with linseed powder and syrup, to make a massfor six or eight balls, according to the strength of the horse.

Or, Take Jiv of Castile soap, Jij each of Venice turpentine and pow-dered anise-seeds, to form a mass with treacle for six balls.

Or, Take ^iij each of strained turpentine and Castile soap, to make aball with liquorice powder.

Or, Take ^iv each of hard soap and common turpentine, and make aball with caraway powder.

Or, Take 51V each of hard soap and common turpentine, 5SS of opium,5 j of ginger, to form a hall with caraway powder.

Expectorant Ball. See Cough Ball above.

Farcy or Farcin Ball. Take 9ss or 9j of oxymuriate of mercury, orcorrosive sublimate, Jss of anise-seeds in powder to make a ball withsyrup or honey.

Or, Take 3J of sulphate of copper or blue vitriol, gr. x of oxymuriateof mercury, ^ss of opium, jiij of liquorice powder, to form a ballwith syrup.

Or, Take 31] of nitre, Jjiij of powdered squills, 5j of camphor, to makea ball with honey, and to be washed down with decoction of hellebore.

Fever Ball. Take 3J of nitrate of potass, 51] each of camphor andemetic tartar, and make into a ball with treacle. (Pharm. Veteri-nary College.)

Or, Take ^jss of tartarized antimony, §j of nitre, $nj of liquoricepowder, to make a ball with syrup. Dose repeated twice a day.