FARCY. 143 



Take of prepared antimony one pound ; 

 Common sulphur twelve ounces ; 

 Cream of tartar eight ounces ; 

 Cinnabar of antimony six ounces. 



Incorpomte well in a mortar, and divide 

 into hcenty equal parts, giving one every 

 night in the corn, first sprinkling with water 

 to insure its adhesion ; give two ounces of 

 nitre in the water every morning, at which 

 time he will generally drink it with the 

 greater avidity, as being most thirty. This 

 proportion is meant for the distemper in its 

 mildest state ; when the buds or swelling, 

 upon their first appearance, may be w^ell 

 washed with the following lotion twice every 

 day: 



Take extract of Saturn two ounces ; 



Camphorated spirits of wine eight ounces; 



Distilled vinegar a pint ; 



Mix well together and keep close stopped for use. 



Should the distemper be in a more ad- 

 vanced or inveterate stage, bleeding should 

 he repeated, in proper time, between the 

 physic, in a moderate degree ; and upon the 

 scabs or eschars peeling from the buds, with 

 a degree of inveterate malignity, wash them 

 well occasionally with the following : 



