PHARMACOPOEIA. 



Oil of turpentine, 4 ounces. 

 Olive oil, 2 ounces. 



" Steep the flies in the turpentine three 

 weeks, strain off, and add the oil. 



5. 

 Mild Liquid or Sweating Blister. 

 Of the above, 1 ounce. 

 Olive oil or goose grease, one ounce and a 

 half. 



Clysters, a Laxative one. 

 1. 

 Thin gruel or broth, 5 qaarts. 

 Epsom or common salts, 6 ounces. 

 Clyster for Gripes. 

 2. 

 Mash two moderate-sized onions. 

 Pour over them oil of turpentine, 2 ounces. 

 Capsicum, or pepper, half an ounce. 

 Thin gruel, 4 quarts. 



Nutritious Clystet. 

 3. 

 Thick gruel, 3 quarts. 

 Strong sound ale, 1 quart. 



Or 4. 

 Strong broth, 2 quarts. . 



Thickened milk, 2 quarts. 



Astringent Clyster. 

 5. 

 Tripe liquor, or suet boiled in milk, 3 pints. 

 Thick starch, 2 pints. 

 Laudanum, half an ounce. 



Or 6. 

 Alum whey, 1 quart. 

 Boiled starch, 2 quarts. 



Cordial Balls. 

 Gentian, powdered, 4 ounces. 

 Ginger, do., 2 ounces. 

 Coriander seeds, do., 4 ounces. 

 Caraway, do., 4 ounces. 

 Oil of anise seed, a quarter of an ounce. 

 " Make into a mass with honev, treacle, or 

 lard, and give one ounce and a ha'lf for a dose. 

 Chronic Cough Balls. 

 1. 

 Calomel, 1 scruple 

 Gum ammoniacum, 

 Horseradish, of each 2 drachms. 

 Balsam of Tolu, 

 Squills, each 1 drachm. 

 " Beat all together, and make into a ball with 

 honey, and give every morning fasting. 

 Drink for the same. 

 2. 

 Tar water, 



Limewater, of each half a pint. 

 Tincture of squills, half an ounce. 

 Powder for the same. 

 3. 

 Tartar emetic, 2 drachms. 

 Powdered foxglove, half a drachm. 

 Powdered squill, half a drachm. 

 Calomel, 1 scruple. 

 Nitre, 3 drachms. 

 " Give every night in a malt mash. 



Diuretic Balls. 

 Resin, yellow, 1 lb. 

 Nitre, half a pound. 

 Horse turpentine, half a pound. 

 Yellow soap, quarter of a pound. 



" Melt the resiu, soap, and turpentine over a 

 , alow fire ; when cooling, add the nitro. For a 

 strong dose, an ounce and a h;ilf ; fur a mild 

 one, an ounce. It should be kept in mind that 

 mild diuretics are always equal to what is re- 

 quired, and that strong diuretics are ahvavs 

 hurtful. •' 



Diuretic Powders. 

 Yellow resin, powdered, 4 ounces. 

 Nitre, do., 8 ounces. 

 Cream of tartar, do., 4 ounces. 

 "Dose, 0, 8, or 10 drachms nightly, which 

 some horses will readily eat in a mash. 



Urine Drink. 

 Glauber's salts, 2 ounces. 

 Nitre, 6 drachms. 

 " Dissolve in a pint of warm water. 



Embrocations.— Cooling for Inflammations. 



1. 

 Goulard's extract, half an ounce. 

 Spirit of wine or hrandv, 1 ounce. 

 Soft water, 1 quart. 



2. 

 Mindererus spirit, 4 ounces. 

 Water, 12 ounces. 



For Strains. 

 Bay salt, bruised, half a pound. 

 Crude sal ammoniac, 2 ounces. 

 Sugar of lead, quarter of an ounce. 

 Vinegar, one pint and a half. 

 Water, 1 pint. 



For the Eyes, 

 1. 



Sugar of lead, 1 drachm. 

 White vitriol, 2 scruples. 

 Water, 1 pint. 



2. 

 Brandy, 1 ounce. 

 Infusion of green tea, 4 ounces. 

 Tincture of opium, 2 drachms. 

 Infusion of red roses, 4 ounces. 



3. 

 Rose water, 6 ounces. 

 Mindererus spirit, 3 ounces. 



4. 

 Corrosive sublimate, 4 grains. 

 Alcohol, 1 ounce. 

 Lime water, 1 pint. 



5. 

 Alum, powdered, 1 drachm. 

 Calomel, half a drachm. 

 " Mix, and insert a little at one corner of the 

 eye. The custom of blowing it in alarms the 

 horse. 



Fever Powders. 

 1. 

 Tartar emetic, 1 drachm. 

 Nitre, 5 drachms. 



2. 

 Antimonial powder, 1 drachm. 

 Cream of tartar. 

 Nitre, of each 4 drachms. 



Fever Drink. 

 3. 

 Sweet spirit of nitre, 1 ounce. 

 Mindererus spirit, 6 ounces. 

 Water, 4 ounces. 



Malignant Epidemic Fever. 

 4. 

 Simple oxymel, 



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