APPENDIX. 565 



No. IX. 



TESTS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF WATER. 



Litmus infusion delicate for acids. 



Acid of sugar lime. 



Tincture of turmeric and Brazil wood alkalis. 



Tincture of galls by spirit of wine iron. 



Phlogisticated alkalis excellent for iron. 



Lime water carbonic acid in water. 



Nitrated silver dissolved in dist. water complete for muriatic acid. 



No. X. 



FOR THE STRONG GULLION. 



Rhubarb, in powder, 1 oz. j long pepper, in ditto, half an ounce ; 

 peppermint-water, 12 oz. j compound spirit of juniper berries, 4oz.; 

 liquid laudanum, J oz. Mix well and shake. The above one dose. 



FOR A PINCH ON A HORSE's WITHERS. 

 Mercurial ointment ; then rye-meal poultice and brandy, if skin 

 not broken. 



DISORDER FROM HEAT IN A HOT CLIMATE. 



One drachm camphor; dessert spoonful of brandy j halt an ounce 

 of sugar. Rub the camphor and brandy together, then add the su- 

 gar : when well mixed, add one pint of boiling water by degiees; 

 cover up, keep till cold, and take a quarter or half a pint, or all, in 

 a day, after James's powder. If a tendency to putrefaction, 2 dr. 

 sweet sp. of vitriol to the pint. 



James's powder Pulvis antiranialis, accordiug to bst Dispensa- 

 tory. Take, going to bed, 4 or 5 grains. If neccssan-, as far as 1G 

 grains a day, at three or four times, may be taken. 



POWDER FOR RHEUMATISM, WHEX FIRST COMING. 

 Pulvis ipecacuanha compositus, of the last London Dispensatory. 

 In common cases, with no violent pain, 1O gr. at going to bed ; in 

 vreat pain, 20 gr. : wash down with diluting liquor. 



o o 4 No. XI. 



