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2. 



Cream of tartar, 



Nitre, of each half an ounce. 



3. 

 ."Ethiops mineral, 

 Levisated antimony. 

 Powdered resin, each 3 drachms. 

 " Give in a mash, or in corn and bran a little 

 wetted, every uighl, or make into a ball with 

 honey. 



Tonic Alteratives. 

 1. 

 Gentian, 

 Aloes, 



Blue vitriol, in powder, of each 1 drachm. 

 Oak bark, in powder, 6 drachms. 



2. 

 Winter's bark, in powder, 3 drachms. 

 Green vitnol, do., one and a half drachms. 

 Gentian, do., 3 drachms. 

 " Make either of these into a ball with honey, 

 and give every morning. 



3. 

 White vitriol, 1 drachm 

 Ginger or pimento, ground, 2 drachms. 

 Powdered quassia, half an ounce. 

 Ale, 8 ounces.— Mix, and give as a drink. 



Astringent Mixtures for Diarrhcca, Lax, or 

 Scouring. 

 1. 

 Powdered opium, 20 grains. 

 Prepared chalk, 2 ounces. 

 Boiled starch, 1 pint. 

 2. 

 Suet, 4 ounces ; boiled in , 

 Milk, 8 ounces. 

 Boiled starch, 6 ounces. 

 Powdered alum, 1 drachm. 



3. 

 " The following has been very strongly rec- 

 ommended, in some cases, for the lax of horses 

 and cattle, when it arises from taking food that 

 disagrees : 



Glauber's salts, 2 ounces. 

 Epsom do., 1 ounce. 

 Green vitriol, 4 grains. 

 Gruel, half a pint. 



4. 

 " When the lax or scouring at all approaches 

 to dysentery or molten grease, the following 

 drink should be first given: 

 Castor oil, 4 ounces. 

 Glauber's salts (dissolved), 2 ounces. 

 Powdered rhubarb, half a drachm. 

 Powdered opium, 4 grains. 

 Gruel, 1 pint. 

 Astringent Balls for Diabetes, or Pissing Evil. 

 Catechu (Japan earth), half an ounce. 

 Alum, powdered, half a drachm. 

 Sugar of lead, 10 grains. 

 Conserve of roses to make a ball. 



Astringent Paste for Thrush, Foot-rot, Foul in 

 the Foot, SfC. 

 Prepared calamine, 

 Verdisjris, of each half an ounce. 

 White vitriol. 



Alum, of each Jialf a drachm. 

 Tar, 3 ounces : mii. 



Astringent Washes for Cracks m the Ueelt, 

 Wounds, Sprains, ^c. 

 1. 

 Sugar of lead, 2 drachms. 

 White vitriol, 1 drachm. 

 Strong infusion of oak or elm bark, 1 pint : 

 mix : 



2. 

 Green vitriol, 1 drachm. 

 Infusion of galls, half a pint. 

 " Mix, and wash the parts three times a day. 

 Powder for Cracks, ifC. 

 3. 

 Prepared calamine, 1 ounce. 

 Fuller's earth, powdered. 

 Pipe clay, do., of each 2 ounces. 

 " Mix, and put within gauze, and dab the 

 moist surfaces of the sores frequently. 

 Astringent Paste for Grease. 



Prepared calamine, 



Charcoal, powdered, of each 2 ounces. 



Yeast enough to make a paste. 



2. 

 " To the above, if more strength be required, 

 add of alum and verdigris each a drachm. 

 Astringent Wash for Grease. 

 3. 

 Corrosive sublimate, 2 drachms. 

 Spirit of wine or brandy, 1 ounce. 

 Soft water, 10 ounces. 



" Rub the sublimate in a mortar with the 

 spirit till dissolved, then add the water. This 

 is a strong preparation, and has often proved 

 successful in very bad cases of grease, which 

 have resisted all the usual remedies. 

 Blisters. 

 1. A general one. 

 Cantharides, powdered, 2 ounces, 

 Venice turpentine, do. 

 Resin, do. 



Palm oil or lard, 2 lbs. 



" Melt the three latter articles together, and 

 when not too hot stir in the Spanish flies. 



2. 

 A strong, cheap Blister, but not proper to be 

 used in Fevers or Inflammations, as of the 

 Lungs, Bowels, ifC. 

 Euphorbium, powdered, 1 ounce. 

 Oil of vitriol, 2 scruples. 

 Spanish flies, 6 ouuces. 

 Palm oil or lurd. 

 Resin, of each 1 lb. 

 Oil of turpentine, 3 ounces. 

 " .Melt the resin with the lard or palm oil. 

 Having previously mixed the oil of vitriol with 

 an ounce of water gradually, as gradually add 

 this mixture to the melted mass ; which again 

 set on a very slow tire for ten minutes more : 

 afterward remove the whole, and, when begin- 

 ning to cool, add the powders previously mixed 

 together. 



A mercurial Blister for Splints, Spavins and 

 Ringbones. 

 Of either of the above, 4 ounces. 

 Corrosive sublimate, finely powdered, half a 

 drachm. 



4. 

 Strong Liquid Blister. 

 Spanish flies in gross powder, 1 otince. 

 Oil of origanum, 2 drachm*. 



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