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it with great success in amaurosis and other diseases of the eye 

 of a paralytic character. Given to a horse laboring under in- 

 flammatory affections, in the proportion of twenty drops, diluted 

 with water, it acts as a sedative, and lessens the heart's action ; 

 in view of producing effect, however, the dose must be repeated 

 at intervals of four hours. It is useful also in ophthalmia. 



Tincture of Ginger. 

 Take powdered Jamaica ginger, five ounces ; pale brandy, one 

 quart. Macerate for fourteen days, and filter. Properties, stimu- 

 lant and carminative. Dose, one to two ounces, in gruel. 



Tincture of Cinnamon. 

 Take bruised cinnamon, four ounces ; new rum, one pint. 

 Macerate for fourteen days, and filter. Dose, one ounce. 



Compound Tincture of Gentian. 

 Take gentian root, two ounces ; orange peel, dried, one ounce ; 

 cardamom seeds, bruised, half an ounce ; proof spirit, two pints. 

 Macerate for fourteen days, and filter. Professor Morton recom- 

 mends this as a grateful bitter. Dose, from one to two ounces. 



Composition for Colic. 



Powdered cinnamon, ") 

 " ginger, 



" cloves, > . . . equal parts. 



" charcoal, 



" slippery elm, J 



Dose, a table-spoonful, to which add one quart of boiling water. 



Let it stand for a short time, then pour off the clear liquor ; 



sweeten with honey, and drench the subject. 



Basilicon Ointment. 

 This is a very good digestive, and is prepared as follows : 

 Take lard, free from -salt, beeswax, Canada balsam, and resin, 

 equal parts. Melt over a slow fire, and, while cooling, stir con- 

 stantly. 



Liniment of Turpentine. 



Take oil of turpentine, olive oil, of each equal parts. Mix. 

 This is recommended by Professor Morton as a useful digestive, 

 or rubefacient. 



