Book VII. 



VETERINARY PHARMACOPEIA. 



925 



5903. Diuretic Balls. 

 Resin, yellow, 1 lb. 

 Nitre, half a pound. 

 Horse tun>entine, half a pound. 

 Yellow soap, quarter of a pound. 



Melt the resin, soap, and turpentine over a slow 

 fire ; when cooling, add the nitre. For a strong 

 dose, an ounce and a half, for a mild one an ounce. 

 It should be kept in mind, that mild diuretics are 

 always equal to what is required ; and that strong 

 diuretics are always hurtful. 



5904. Diuretic Powders. 

 Yellow resin, powdered, 4 ounces. 

 Nitre, ditto, 8 ounces. 

 Cream of tartar, ditto, 4 ounces. 



Dose- 6, 8, or 10 drachms nightly, which some 

 horses will readily eat in a mash. 



5905. Urine Drink. 

 Glauber's salts, 2 ounces. 

 Nitre, 6 drachms. 

 Dissolve in a pint of warm water. 



5906, Embrocations. 'Cooling for Inflammations. 



1. 

 Goulard's extract, half an ounce. 

 Spirit of wine or brandy, 1 ounce. 

 Soft water, 1 quart 



Mindererus spirit, 4 ounces. 

 Water, 12 ounces. 



5907. For Strains, ] 

 Bay salt, bruised, half a pound. 

 Crude sal ammoniac, 2 ounces. 

 Sugar of lead, quarter of an ounce. ] 

 Vinegar, 1 pint and a half. 

 "Water, 1 pint. 



590a For the Eyes. 



Sugar of lead, 1 drachm. 

 "White vitriol, 2 scruples. 

 "Water, 1 pint. 



2. 

 Brandy, 1 ounce. 

 Infusion of green tea, 4 ounces. 

 Tincture of opium, 2 drachms. 

 Infusion of red roses, 4 ounces. 



3. 

 Rose water, 6 ounces. 

 Mindererus spirit, 3 ounces. 



4. 

 Corrosive sublimate, 4 grains. 

 Alkohol, 1 ounce. 

 Lime water, 1 pint. 



5. 

 Alum, powdered, 1 drachm*' 

 Calomel, half .a drachm. 



Mix, and insert a little at one corner of the eye. 

 The custom of blowing it in alarms the horse. 



5909. Fever Powders. 



1. 

 Tartar emetic, 2 drachms. 

 Nitre, 5 drachms, 



2, 

 Antimonial powder, 2 drachms. 

 Cream of tartar, 

 Nitre, of each 4 drachms. 



5910. Fever Drink. 

 3. 

 Sweet spirit of nitre, 1 ounce. 

 Mindererus spirit, 6 ounces. 

 "Water, 4 ounces. 



5911. Epidemic Fever Drink. 

 4. 

 Sweet spirit of nitre, 1 ounce. 

 Simple oxymel, 6 ounces. 

 Tartar emetic, 3 drachms. 



5912. Malignant Epidemic Fever. 

 5. 

 Simple oxymel, 

 Mindererus spirit. 

 Beer yeast, of each 4 ounces. 

 Sweet spirit of nitre, 1 ounce. 



5913. Fumigations for purifying infected Stables, 



Sheds, ^c, , 

 Manganese, 2 ounces. 



Common salt, ditto. 

 Oil of vitriol, 3 ounces. 

 "Water, 1 ounce. 



Put the mixed manganese and salt into a bason ; 

 then, having before mixed the vitriol and water 

 very gradually, pour them by means of tongs, or 

 any thing that will enable you to stand at a sutHcient 

 distance, on the articles in the bason gradually. 

 As soon as the fumes rise, retire and shut up the 

 door close. 



5914. Hoof Liquid. 

 Oil of turpentine, 4 ounces. 

 Tar, 4 ounces. 

 "Whale oil, 8 ounces. 



This softens and toughens the hoofs extremely, 

 when brushed over them night and morning. 



5915. Purging Medicines. . 



Balls very mild. 

 Aloes, powdered, 6 drachms. 

 Oil of turpentine, 1 drachm. 



.Mild. 

 Aloes, powdered, 8 drachms. 

 Oil of turpentine, 1 drachm. 



Strong. 

 Aloes, powdered, 10 drachms. 

 Oil of turpentine, 1 drachm. 



The aloes may be beaten with treacle to a mass, 

 adding, during the beating, the oil of turpentine. 

 All spices, oil of tartar, cream of :tartar, jalap, &c. 

 are useless, and often hurtful additions., 



5916. Liquid Purge. 

 Epsom salts dissolved, 8 ounces. 

 Castor oil, 4 ounces. 

 Watery tincture of aloes, 8 ounces. 



Mix. The watery tincture of aloes is made by 

 beating powdered aloes with the yolk of egg, adding 

 water by degrees ; by these means half an ounce of 

 aloes may be suspended in eight ounces of water ; 

 and such a purge is useful when a ball cannot be 

 got down, as in partial locked jaw. i 



5917. Scalding Mixture for Pole Evil. 

 Corrosive sublimate, finely powdered, 1 drachm. 

 Yellow basilicon, 4 oftnces, 



5918. Foot Stoppings. 

 Horse and cow dung, each about 2 lbs. 

 Tar, half a pound. 



5919. Wash for coring out, destroying Fungus, or 



proud Flesh, ^c, SfC. 

 Lunar caustic, 1 drachm. 

 Water, 2 ounces. 



.5920. Wash for Mange. 

 Corrosive sublimate, 2 drachms. 

 Spirit of wine or brandy, 1 ounce. 

 Decoction of tobacco. 

 Ditto of white hellebore, of each 1 pint.' 



Dissolve the mercury in the spirit and then add 

 the decoctions. 



5921. Ointments for Healing. 

 1. 

 Turner's cerate, 4 ounces. 

 AVhite vitriol powdered, half a drachm. 

 Lard, 4 ounces. 



5922. For Digesting, 

 2. 

 Turner's cerate, 2 ounces. 

 White vitriol, 1 drachm. 

 Yellow basilicon, 5 ounces. 



5923. For Mange. 

 Sulphur vivum, 8 ounces. 

 Arsenic in powder, 2 drachms. 

 Mercurial ointment, 2 ounces. 

 Turpentine, 2 ounces. 

 Lard, 8 ounces. 

 Mix, and dress with every morning. 



5924. For Scab or Shab in Sheep, Mallenders and 

 Sellenders in Horses, and foul Blotches and 

 Eruptions in Cattle in general. 



Camphor, 1 drachm. 



Sugar of lead, half a drachm. 



Mercurial ointment, 1 ounce. 



