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Bar soap, 2 ounces, 



Brown sugar, 2 ounces, 



Powdered bloodroot, \ ounce. 



Mix ; and apply by means of bandage. 



Fomentations. 

 Fomentations are indicated in all inflammatory swellings, 

 strains, and bruises, and are occasionally applied over the region 

 of deep-seated inflammatory disease — located in the intestines, 

 kidneys, throat, &c. The usual fomentations are composed of 

 ■warm water, infusion of poppies, hops, and lobelia. They must 

 be perseveringly applied, or they are of little use. 



Common Horse Liniment. 



Olive oil, 12 ounces, 



Aqua ammonia, 2 ounces, 



Oil of cedar, 1 ounce. 



Mix. 



Sirup of Garlic. 



Take of bruised garlic, four ounces ; acetic acid and water, of 

 each six ounces. Let the garlic macerate for five days ; express 

 the liquor and strain it ; then add two pounds of white Havana 

 sugar ; boil over a slow fire until it is of the consistence of sirup. 

 Dose, two to four ounces. It is an excellent antispasmodic. 



Tincture of Assafcetida. 

 Take gum assafcetida, six ounces; pale brandy, one quart. 

 Macerate for two weeks, and filter through fine linen. This is 

 also an efficient antispasmodic. Dose, three to eight drachms, 

 to be given in thin mucilage or gruel. 



Tincture of Capsicum. 



Take of powdered red peppers, two ounces ; new rum, one 

 quart. Macerate for fourteen days, and filter through blotting 

 paper. 



Tincture of Arnica. 



Take of arnica flowers, (imported from Germany,) four ounces ; 

 new rum, one pint. Macerate for fourteen days ; express the 

 liquor, and filter through blotting paper. This remedy, in the 

 proportion of one ounce to a pint of water, forms a good applica- 

 tion for wounds, bruises, saddle galls, &c. The author has used 



