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MEDICINES AND KECEIPTS. 389 



GREEN SALVE. 



The following are the proportions for making green salve: 



First. — Take mutton tallow, one-half pound ; lard, three- 

 quarters of a pound; beeswax, two ounces; put in a pot and stir 

 over a hot fire until it is melted. 



Second. — Keep on stirring, and pour in one-half ounce of 

 verdigris. Keep stirring it over the fire for fifteen minutes. 



Third. — Then take it off the fire and add one ounce of spirits 

 of turpentine and keep stirring it until it is cold, then it is ready 

 for use. 



This is one of the best healing salves known, especially when 



a wound is nearly healed up, for it keeps the wound soft, draws the 



edges together and allows the hair to grow over better. The way 



to apply it to a wound is to melt it in a spoon and apply it with a 



feather. 



MERCURY BLISTER. 



Biniodid of Mercury or Red Precipitate H drams. 



Vaseline or Lard 1 ounce. 



Mix thoroughly and this is one of the best blisters for blister- 

 ing bony enlargements, such as splints, spavins, ringbones, side- 

 bones, etc. Rub into the part well, grease it three days after, 

 and in three weeks repeat the blister, and repeat in like manner 

 until you have the required action. In case you want a heavier 

 blister add another half dram of the biniodid of mercury. For 

 further directions look at the separate diseases above mentioned. 



FLY BLISTER. 



Powdered Cantharides or Spanish Fly 1^ drams. 



Vaseline or Lard 1 ounce. 



Mix thoroughly, and this is one of the best sweat blisters for 



^blistering thickenings or enlargements in any part of the body 



where they are not on the bone. Use the same directions as are 



given in the mercury blister. 



POWDERS TO ACT ON THE KIDNEYS AND BLOOD. 



Nitrate of Potash or Saltpetre ^ pound. 



Sulphur i " 



Ground Gentian Root i " 



Mix thoroughly and give a teaspoonful three times a day in 



the horse's food oi on its tongue with a spoon. K it is a cow, 



give a tablespoonful twice a day; if a sheep, give a teaspoonful 



twice a day. This is a good powder for starting an animal to 



thrive, but before giving it, it is best to give a physic drench. 



'H it is a horse, give aloes; if a cow, give salts. 



