408 PRESCRIPTIONS AND PREPARATIONS. 



Tinctures. — Tincture of Arnica. — Take arnica 

 flowers, four ounces ; alcohol, one quart ; macerate, or 

 steep for one week, and strain. 



Tincture of Aconite Root. — Take of the dried and 

 bruised root, four ounces ; alcohol, half a pint ; macerate 

 for two weeks, and strain. This medicine no farmer can very- 

 well do without. Those wdio do without it, do not know 

 its actual value. Twenty drops of the tincture of aconite 

 root, under certain circumstances, is as valuable as the 

 animal which may stand in need of its great curative 

 virtues. Measured by its power in curing disease, its 

 weight in gold is not its value. 



Co:mp6und Tincture of Benzoin. — Commonly called 

 Friar's Balsam. Take of gum benzoin, one and a half 

 ounces ; storax, one ounce ; balsam of tolu, half an ounce ; 

 aloes, in powder, two drachms ; alcohol, one pint ; macerate 

 for one week, and strain or filter. Used for healing sores. 



Tincture of Aloes and Myrrh. — Take aloes, in 

 powder, one ounce ; saffron, half an ounce ; tincture of 

 myrrh, half a pint ; macerate for two weeks, and strain. 

 Used for healing sores and wounds. 



Tincture of Iodine. — Take of iodine, half an ounce ; 

 iodide of potassium, one ounce ; alcohol, one pint ; macerate 

 for a day or so, and it is fit for use. Used as an injection 

 for abscesses and empty cavities. It is also used by some 

 for enlargements, in the same way as it is used for erysipe- 

 las in man, by painting the affected part. 



Waters. — Lime-water. — Take a lump of lime or 

 limestone, of about a pound weight, lay it on a soup plate 

 and wet it with water, whicli will soon convert the hard 

 stone into a fine powder. Then put it into a stone jar 

 holding a gallon or upwards, fill in one gallon of water. 



