Cure for Botts in Horses

Ingredients

• ½ ounce dried savin, powdered
• corn, moistened
• 2 drams calomel
• ½ ounce myrrh, powdered
• conserve of wormwood
• 2 drams quicksilver
• ½ ounce Venice turpentine
• 2 drams scammony, powdered
• 2 drams jalap, powdered
• oil of savin, sufficient to make a ball
• 1 pint linseed oil
• 8 drams succotrine aloes
• 2 drams myrrh, powdered
• 2 drams long pepper, powdered
• 2 drams ginger, powdered
• sirup of buckthorn, sufficient to make a ball

Directions

1. Administer ½ ounce of dried savin in a moistened feed of corn once or twice daily for a week.

2. For a stronger treatment, mix 2 drams of calomel and ½ ounce of myrrh with conserve of wormwood to form a ball and give it at night.

3. Alternatively, mix 2 drams of quicksilver and ½ ounce of Venice turpentine until no glistening appears, then add 2 drams of scammony and 2 drams of jalap with enough oil of savin to form a ball.

4. Give the ball at night followed by 1 pint of linseed oil.

5. The next morning, administer a purge made from 8 drams of succotrine aloes, 2 drams each of myrrh, long pepper, and ginger, and 2 drams of oil of savin, mixed with sirup of buckthorn to form a ball.