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82] COU conserve of roses, and thirty drops of strong oil of vitriol ;" mix them properly, and take a tea-spoonful or two, frequently. These ingre- dients form an excellent medicine for adults ; but, for children, we would prefer a julep prepared of eight ounces of rose-water, four ounces of syrup of dry roses, and six drops of vitriolic acid ; to be taken by spoonfuls, as often as oc- casion may require, especially if the cough be accompanied with thirst and febrile heat. In the lat- ter cases, the julep should be di- luted with sweet whey, which of itself is an incomparable beverage in catarrhal affections. Lastly, we cannot omit to insert in this place, a remedy which is highly praised by the late Dr. Un- zee, of Hamburgh, and the phy- sicians of that city, as being of inestimable value in all obstinate catarrhs, stagnations, and accumu- lations of humours in the breast j dry coughs ; and severe bruises near the pectoral vessels, from which suppurations and ulcers may be ap- prehended. This medicine is a sim- ple decoction of the Calaguala, a root lately imported from South America, and now universally pre- ferred to the seneka or rattle-snake root, which was formerly used for similar purposes. Dr. Unzer di- rects two drams of the calaguala to be boiled in a quart of water, till the fourth part is evaporated, and to drink several cups of the strained decoction, instead of tea. When taken sufficiently strong, and for a proper length of time, it evidently i on the skin and kidnies, by determining the noxious humours to those outlets. He cautions, how- ever, against a spurious species of that root, which is frequently sold by druggists, instead of the ge- COU nuine ; and an account of which i* given by M. Galmetti, an Italian writer, We have thus enlarged on the subject, because long - continued coughs generally lay the foundation of consumptive and other disor- ders, which annually deprive the community of thousands, whose lives might be easily preserved, if they had not neglected the first attack. Cough, in farriery, a disease to which horses are very subject. When injudiciously treated, it is sometimes of long duration ; occa- sions loss of appetite, wasting of the flesh, and, ultimately, con- sumption. Of this malady there are two principal species : the one is loose, almost continual, and in- creases to a violent degree, upon the least motion ; the other is short and dry, being preceded by a, husky, hollow kind of wheezing, apparently arising from obstructed breathing, by the retention of frag- ments of hay, or corn, in the pas- sage. The latter is usually called an asthma, for which mercurial purges are recommended; — the animal should first be bled repeat- edly, and in small quantities, till the inflammation and irritability of the glands are allayed j and the blood so attenuated by the constant use of nitre, as to facilitate the cir- culation through the finer vessels of the lungs. This operation being- performed, a ball consisting of the following ingredients should be given, according to Mr. Taplin, every morning, for a fortnight or three weeks. Detergent pccioral balls : Take of castile soap, aniseed, and liquo- rice powder, each 5 oz. ; Barbadoc> tar 6oz., gum ammoniacum 3oz., balsam of Tolu loz., and honey sufficient