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occasion for this, if the process be well managed. A 

 very effectual and a much cheaper ointment may be 

 made as follows : 



Corrosive sublimate, - - 8 ounces. 



Train oil, _ - . 6 gallons. 



Rosin (black or yellow), - 2 pounds. 



Tallow, - . _ - 2 pounds. 



Let the corrosive sublimate be reduced to a fine 

 powder, and mixed with a portion of the oil. The 

 rosin, tallow, and remainder of the oil, are to be 

 melted together over the fire, and the sublimate af- 

 ter wards added. 



If this mixture should be thought too thin, the 

 proportion of oil may be diminished, and that of 

 the tallow increased. Were one or two pounds of 

 powdered white hellebore to be added, it would 

 improve both the consistence and efficacy of the 

 ointment. One pound of sublimate, at 10,y. will, 

 in this way, go as far as 50 pounds of mercurial 

 ointment, at 3*. 



If the Avool be not taken off", either of these oint- 

 ments, or that of Sir Joseph Banks, is to be laid on, 

 in the same manner as smearing stuff, beginning 

 with a line along the back; one is to be laid on 

 each side, and one down each leg. The neck, inside 

 of the thighs, and belly should have a share. In 

 every case, however, the wool should be shorn, ex- 

 cept during very cold weather, and the animal 

 washed and brushed with soap and water, before 

 the application of the ointment, which may now be 

 applied all over the body. The mercury will have 

 more effect, and less of the ointment will serve, 

 when all filth and loose scabs have been removed by 

 the washing. Anointing the sheep after being 

 shorn, will be found a very effectual means of ward- 

 ing off the scab, and every disease of the skin. 



As there is some danger in using po'werful mer- 

 curial ointments unless very cautiously applied, the 



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