MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS. 57 



Water Farcy. 



No. 1. Saltpetre, 2 ounces, copperas, 2 ounces, ginger, 1 ounce, fenu- 

 greek, 2 ounces, anise, i ounce, gentian, 1 ounce; mix and divide into 

 eight powders ; give two or three each day. 



No. 2. Gentian, 1 ounce, ginger, ^ ounce, anise, 1 ounce, elecampane, 

 2 ounces, blue vitriol, 1 ounce, flaxseed meal, 2 ounces, saltpetre, 2 

 ounces; mix, and divide into eight powders. Moderate daily exercise 

 and rubbing the limbs are useful. 



Healing Preparations. 



No. 1. Carbolic acid, 1 ounce, soft water, 2 pints ; mix. 



No. 2. White vitriol, 1 ounce, soft water, 2 pints ; mix. 



No. 3. Pulverized camphor, 1 drachm, prepared chalk, 6 drachms, 

 burnt alum, 4 drachms ; mix. Sprinkle over the sore. 



No. 4. Tincture- of opium, 1 ounce, tannin, 1 drachm ; mix and shake 

 well before using. Excellent for galls of collar, saddle, or in fact for 

 any purpose requiring a healing astringent. 



For Galled Back or Shoulders. 



Tincture of arnica, 1 ounce, vinegar, 6 ounces, brandy, 4 ounces, sal- 

 ammoniac, 2 ounces, soft water, 1 pint ; mix, and bathe with it often. 



For Unhealthy Ulcers. 



Nitric acid, 1 ounce, blue vitriol, 3 ounces, soft water, fifteen ounces. 



For Fresh Wounds. 



Copperas, 2 drachms, white vitriol, 3 drachms, gunpowder, 2 drachms, 

 boiling soft water, 2 quarts; mix ; when cool it is ready for use. 



Healing Mixture. 



Cosmoline, 5 ounces, carbolic acid, 1 drachm ; mix. This is one of 

 the very best of mixtures for any sore, especially for such cases as are 

 inclined not to heal readily. 



To Cure Mange. 



Oil Tar, 1 ounce, lac sulphur, U ounces, whale oil, 2 ounces; mix. 

 Rub a little on the skin wherever the disease appears, and continue, 

 daily, for a week, and then wash off with castile soap and warm water. 



Healing Mixture for Cuts. 



Balsam copaiba, 2 ounces, tincture of myrrh, 3 ounces ; mix. This is 

 a good healing mixture. 



