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Drench for Dogs. Dissolve Jss of sulphate of magnesia in %iv ofgruel, as a purgative, and for colic add twenty drops oflaudanum.

Laxative Drench for Horses. Dissolve Jv to Jviij of sulphate of mag-nesia, or sulphate of soda, .in Oij of whey. Given in feverishness,and in the chill.

Laxative Drench for Cows, Dissolve Jvj to Jviij of sulphate of mag-nesia in Oj of water, and add Jrj to Jviij of castor oil.

Purgative Drench for Horses. Dissolve 5J of carbonate of potass,or soda, 51J of Castile soap, and 5J of Barbadoes aloe's, in Oj ofwater.

Turpentine, or Diuretic Drench for Horses. Rub up ^j of Veniceturpentine with the yolks of two eggs, and mix with it Oj of mintwater. For worms, or stoppage of urine.Drops. In pharmacy, a form of medicine, the doses of which are mea-sured by drops, but now more accurately by a minim glass measuie.See Ague Drop, Black Drop, &c.Drops, in confectionary, are made by dropping various saccharine mix-tures from a copper drop-pan, on paper, or a tin plate.

Chocolate Drops. See Chocolate.

Cinnamon Drops. Take three table-spoonfuls of water; stir in it asmuch fine-sifted double-refined sugar as will make it into a paste,just to drop off* the spoon, put it into the drop-pan, and stir it overthe fire till it boils; let it boil half a minute, take it off the fire,and add ten drops of oil of cinnamon, and stir in quickly with ahandful of sifted sugar, to bring it to the consistence of droppingeasily out of the pan. Drop on tin plates, and when cold, slip themoff on sieves, and put them for a few days in a drying stove.

Clove Drops arc prepared in the same way, by pounding good cloves,or using the essence.

Coffee Drops. An ounce of good coffee to a pound of sugar will forma strong decoction. When this is cleared, use it to moisten the sugar,and proceed as with the cinnamon drops.

(Unger Drops. Pound and sift through a fine sieve a sufficient quan-tity of ginger, and add it to the sugar with clear water. Proceedas before.

Lavender Drops are made like the next.

Orange-Flower Drops, or Lemon Drops. Use essence of neroli, ororange flowers, or essential oil of lemons, and proceed as before.

Peppermint Drops. These require great cleanliness, the finest sugar,and good essence of peppermint.

Hose Drops are prepared like the cinnamon drops, using rose petalsor olto of rose?, or oil of rhodium.