56 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS. 



Tonic Ball. 



Ginger, 2 drachms, gentian, 1 drachm, Peruvian bark, i^ ounce, fenu- 

 greek, i ounce; mix, and form a ball. 



Diuretics. 

 Take of balsam copaiba, 2 ounces, sweet spirits of nitre, 3 ounces, 

 spirits of turpentine, 2 ounces, oil of juniper, 2 ounces, tincture of cam- 

 phor, 2 ounces ; mix ; shake the bottle before pouring the medicine ; dose 

 for adult horse, two tablespoonfuls, in a pint of milk, repeated every four 

 to six hours, if necessary. This is a reliable preparation for kidney 

 difficulties. 



Cough Mixtures. 



No. 1. Oil of tar, given as directed for treatment of heaves, is one 

 of the best remedies for nearly all coughs. 



No. 2. Take of alcohol, i pint, balsam of fir, 2 ounces; mix well, 

 and add all the tar it will cut. Shake well before using. Dose from 

 one to two teaspoonfuls two or three times a day. 



Farcy. 



Nitrate of potash, 4 ounces, black antimony, 2 ounces, sulphite of 

 soda, 1 ounce, elecampane, 2 ounces; mix ; dose, one tablespoonful, 

 once or twice a day. 



Nasal Gleet. 



No. 1. Copperas, 2 ounces, pulverized gentian, 3 ounces, elecampane, 

 1 ounce, linseed meal, 3 ounces ; mix, and give from i to 1 tablespoon- 

 full, twice a day. 



No. 2. Aloes, 6 ounces, pulverized nux vomica, 3 drachms, flaxseed 

 meal, 4 ounces, make into eight powders and give one or two each day. 



Cracked Heels. 

 Tar, 8 ounces, beeswax, 1 ounce, rosin, 1 ounce, alum, 1 ounce, tallow, 

 1 ounce, sulphate of iron, 1 ounce, carbolic acid 1 drachm; mix, and 

 boil over a slow fire. Skim off the filth, and add 2 ounces of the scrap- 

 ings of sweet elder. 



Thrush. 



No. 1. Wash the feet well, with castile soap and water, and sprinkle 

 a small quantity of pulverized blue vitriol in the cleft, and then fill up 

 all the cavities with cotton and press it in so as to keep out all dirt» 

 and repeat as often as necessary until the cure is complete. 



No. 2. Blue vitriol and copperas, of each one ounce, burnt alum, 3 

 ounces, white vitriol, i ounce ; mix. 



