56 THE GLANDERS. 



(RECIPE, No. 32.) 



Injection. 



Take — Corrosive sublimute, twelve grains ; 



Spirits of wine, two drachms ; 



Lime water, one pint : 



Dissolve the sublimate in the spirits of wine, 

 then add the lime water, and, immediately 

 before injecting it, make it new-milk-warm 

 and shake it well. 



The best method of using these mixtures is, to 

 take a syringe, or pipe, about ten inches long, that 

 will hold four ounces of the mixture, or injection, 

 and force it up his nostrils every morning before 

 he goes to exercise, and every evening after he 

 returns. The following ointment will be found of 

 excellent use in ulcers of this kind. 



(RECIPE, No. 33.) 



Ointment of nitrated Quicksilver, 



Take — Quicksilver, one ounce; and nitrous acid two 

 ounces ; put them into a bottle, and let it 

 stand uncorked until the silver is dissolved; 

 Then add camphor, one ounce; dissolve it in 

 ten ounces of common sweet oil ; and mix 

 the whole together in a pot for use. 



The method of using this ointment, for ulcers 

 in the nostrils of glandered horses, is as follows: 



