A very mild Laxative Drench.—Castor-oil, three ounces; linseed-oil, two ounces; warm gruel, one pint—Mix.
Of linseed-oil alone the ordinary dose is one pint. If ineffectual, to be repeated, with the addition of twenty drops of croton-oil.
Alterative Ball (for surfeit and skin diseases).—Cream of tartar, half drachm; nitre, two drachms; flowers of sulphur, half ounce—Mix in mass.
External Absorbents.—Iodine ointment and tincture, Stevens’s ointment,[35] water-dressing.
Restoratives or Renovators—Drenches.—A quart of stout, morning or evening; hay-tea, when mashes are refused; gruel properly prepared ([page 161]) and linseed mashes ([page 22]).
Soothing Drench in Colic.—Sulphuric ether, one ounce; laudanum, one ounce; linseed-oil, one pint.
Astringent Drenches (for diabetes).—Diluted phosphoric acid, one ounce; chilled water, one pint.
Or—Oak-bark, one ounce; alum, quarter ounce; camomile tea, one pint—Made into a drench.
Feeding on old hay is generally effectual to check purging.