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Recipe — Bracing Mixture for Strains. 



which is generally effected in the course of a few 

 days: after which, the following bracing mixture 

 must be rubbed on the part once a day. 



(RECIPE, No. 107.) 



Bracing Mixture for Strains, 



Take — Wine viaegar, four ounces; 



Water of pure ammonia, two ounces (this 



was formerly called spirit of sal ammoniac) ; 

 Mel Egyptiacum, two ounces; 

 Oil of origanum, and oil of turpentine, of each 



one ounce; 

 French bole, in powder, one ounce : 

 Put them in a bottle, and shake them well 



together every time they are used. 



This last mixture is a great bracer, and there- 

 fore better calculated to strengthen the parts after 

 the inflammation has been removed by the mix- 

 ture (No. 106, p. 162). They are both excellent 

 recipes for all kinds of strains, whether old or re- 

 gent, especially those in the shoulder, stifle, whirl- 



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