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one ounce; all to be finely pulverized; cayenne, also fine, half the quantity of any 

 one of the others, say one-half ounce. Mix thoroughly. It is used in yellow water, 

 hide-bound, coughs, colds, distemper, and all other diseases where condition powders 

 are generally administered. They carry off gross humors and purify the blood. 



Dose. In ordinary cases, give two teaspoonfuls once a clay, in feed. In extreme 

 cases, give it twice daily. 



Imperial Drops for Gravel and Kidney Complaints. Oil of origanum, one 

 ounce; oil of hemlock, one-quarter ounce; oil of sassafras, one-quarter ounce; oil of 

 anise, one-half ounce; alcohol, one pint. Mix. 



Dose. From one-half to one teaspoonful, three times a day, in sweetened water, 

 will soon give relief when constant weakness is felt across the small of the back, as 

 well as gravelly affections causing pain about the kidneys. 



Barrell's Indian Ointment. Alcohol, one quart; tincture of capsicum, one 

 ounce; oils of origanum, sassafras, pennyroyal, and hemlock, of each, one-half ounce. 

 Mix. More than seventy thousand dollars have been cleared by the sale of this 

 medicine, during the last twelve years, in the Western States. 



Tooth Wash. To remove Blackness. Pure muriatic acid, one ounce; water, 

 one ounce; honey, two ounces. Mix. Take a toothbrush and wet it freely with the 

 preparation, and briskly rub the black teeth, and in a moment's time they will be 

 perfectly white; then immediately wash out the mouth with water, that the acid may 

 not act upon the enamel of the teeth. 



Yankee Shaving Soap. Take three pounds of white bar soap, one pound of 

 Castile soap, one quart of rain-water, one-half pint of beefs gall, one gill of spirits 

 of turpentine. Cut the soap into thin slices, and boil five minutes after the soap is 

 dissolved. Stir while boiling. Scent with oil of rose or almonds. If wished to color 

 it, use one-half ounce vermilion. 



Neuralgia. Internal Remedy. Sal-ammoniac, one-half drachm; dissolve in 

 water, one ounce. 



Dose. One tablespoonful every three minutes for twenty minutes, at the end of 

 which time, if not before, the pain will have disappeared. 



Egyptian Cure for Cholera. Best Jamaica ginger root, bruised, one ounce; 

 cayenne, two teaspoonfuls. Boil all in one quart of water, to one-half pint, and add 

 loaf-sugar to form a thick syrup. 



Dose. One tablespoonful every fifteen minutes, until vomiting and purging cease; 

 then follow up with a blackberry tea. 



King of Oils, for Neuralgia and Rheumatism. Burning fluid, one pint; oils 

 of cedar, hemlock, sassafras, and origanum, of each two ounces; carbonate of 

 ammonia, pulverized, one ounce. Mix. 



Directions. Apply freely to the nerve and gums around the tooth, and to the 

 face, in neuralgic pains, by wetting brown paper and laying on the parts ; not too 

 long, for fear of blistering. To the nerves of teeth, by lint. 



Mead's Salt-Rheum Ointment. Aqua-fortis, one ounce ; quicksilver, one 

 ounce ; good, hard soap, dissolved so as to mix readily, one ounce ; prepared chalk, 

 one ounce ; mix with one pound of lard. Incorporate the above by putting the 

 aqua-fortis and quicksilver into an earthen vessel, and, when done effervescing, mix 

 with the other ingredients, putting the chalk in last; add a little spirits of turpentine, 

 say one-half teaspoonful. 



Good Samaritan Liniment. Take ninety-eight per cent alcohol, two quarts, 

 and add to it the following articles : Oils of sassafras, hemlock, spirits of turpentine, 



