RECIPES FOR CATTLE. 



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No. 22. 



A GARGLE. 



Chlorate of potash, 2 ounces. 

 Water, 1 quart, 



Mix. • 

 Shoot back into the throat, as a 



gargle, several times a day with 



a syringe. 



No. 23. FEVER MIXTURE. 



Mindererus' spirit (acetate of am- 

 monia) , 2 ounces, 



Tincture aconite root, 20 drops, 



Water, >^ pint. 

 Mix. 



Give as one dose, and repeat every 

 two hours till better. 



No. 28. ANTACID ?OWDER. 



Bi-carbonate of soda, 3 drachms 

 Gentian, 2 drachms, 

 Ginger, 2 drachms. 



Mix. 

 Give as one dose, and repeat morn' 

 ing and night. 



No. 29. 



No. 24. COUGH MIXTURE. 



<ium camphor, 2 drachms. 

 Saltpetre, 4 drachms. 

 Spirits of nitre, 1 ounce. 

 Water (or gruel), 1 pint, 



Mix as directed below. 

 Dissolve the camphor in tlie nitre, 

 and add the water (or gruel) and 

 saltpetre, and give as one doso, 

 Eepeat eveiy four or six hours. 



ASTRINGENT DRENCH. 



Prepared chalk, 1 ounce. 

 Powdered catechu, }4 ounce 

 Powdered ginger, 2 drachms. 

 Powdered opium, }4 drachai. 

 Peppermint water, >^ pin ,, 



Mix. 

 Give from two to four tablespoon- 

 fuls, according to tlie size of the 

 calf, morninj!: and nijjht. 



No. 30. 



No. 2;"). HEALING LOTION. 



Vinegar, 1 ounce. 

 Honey, 2 ounces, 

 Water, 3^ pint. 



Mix. 

 Apply three or four times a day. 



No. 26. POWERFUL PURGATIVE. 



Epsom salts, 1)^ pounds. 

 Ginger, 2 ounces, 

 Gentian, 2 ounces, 

 Calomel, 2 drachms, 

 Croton oil, 20 drops, 

 Syruji, I pint. 

 Warm water, 2 quarts, 



Mix. 

 Give as one dose. 



No. 27. 



STIMULATING DRENCH, 



Liquor ammonia, 1 ounce. 

 Warm ale, 1 quart. 

 Essence of ginger, 3^ ounce, 



Mix. 

 Give as one dose. 



ASTRINGENT DRENCH. 



Tincture of catechu, 2 ounces. 

 Tincture of cardamoms, 2 ounces, 

 Carbonate of soda, 2 drachms. 



Mix. 

 Divide into two to four doses, ac- 

 cording to age of animal, and give 

 one of them morning and night- 



No. 31. 



ASTRINGENT DRENCH. 



Powdered opium, y^ drachm, 

 Tincture of cardamoms, 1 ounce. 

 Sulphuric ether, 3 drachms. 

 Linseed tea (or starch gruel) 1 pint 



Mix. 

 Divide into six doses; give one 

 niffht and morninsr. 



No. 32. ALTERATIVE DRENCH. 



Tincture of rluibarb, 4 ounces, 

 Powdered ginger, 2 drachms. 

 Warm gruel, 4 ounces, 



Mix. 

 Give as one dose, and follow it with 

 some doses of No. 30 or 31. 



No. 33. ASTRINGENT DRENCH. 



Prepared chalk, \% ounces. 

 Powdered catechu, 2 drachms, 

 Powdered opium, % drachm, 

 Powdered gentian, 2 drachms. 

 Starch gruel, 1 pint. 



Mix. 

 Give as one dose ; repeat in twenty? 

 four hours, if necessary. 



