8. Castor oil, 3 parts, syrup of buckthorn, 2 parts, syrup of poppies, 1 part.—Dose. From 1 to 2 tablespoonfuls.—Mr Youatt’s purge. [Mr Clark says syrup of buckthorn for dogs should be made with treacle, and the spices omitted.]
9. Epsom salts, from 1 to 4 dr., wrapped in tissue paper, dividing the doses into convenient-sized packets.
10. In costiveness with inflammation: 1⁄2 oz. to 2 oz. castor oil. (Mr Spooner.)
Alterative Balls and Powders:—
1. Sulphur, 21⁄2 lb.; nitre, 1⁄2 lb.; Æthiops mineral, 4 oz.; linseed meal, 1⁄2 lb.; palm oil, 1 lb., or as much as may be required; beat together, and keep in a jar for use.—Dose, from 2 scruples to 11⁄2 or 2 dr. (Clater.)
2. Ethiops mineral, 20 to 40 gr.; cream of tartar, 20 to 40 gr.; nitre, 5 to 10 gr.; night and morning, made into a ball with butter. (Spooner.)
3. Tonic Alterative. Mercurial pill, 1 dr.; aloes 2 dr.; myrrh, benzoin, balsam of Peru,
of each 11⁄2 dr.; to be divided into 10, 15, or 20 pills: one every evening, for the yellows, after aloes and calomel. (Blaine.)
4. Alterative Powder. Æthiops mineral, 2 to 5 gr.; cream of tartar, 4 to 10 gr., tartarised iron, 1 to 3 gr., once a day. (Clater.)
5. To give a fine skin. Give a table-spoonful of tar made up with oatmeal. (Mayer.)