202 BONE-SPAVIN, RING-BONE, &C. 



Recipe — Blister for the Cure of Spavins, &c. &c. 



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(RECIPE, No, 133.) 



XAi^E—Egyptiacum, and wine vinegar, of each two 



ounces; 

 "VVater of pure ammonia, spirit of turpentine, 



and oil of origanum, of each one ounce ; 

 Eupborbium, and cantharides, of each two 



drachms ; 

 Glass, powdered and sifted, one drachm ; 

 Put them in a bottle, and, when used, let them 



be well shaken together. 



This blister must be well rubbed on the part 

 affected with the hand, for half an hour at a time, 

 and for six or seven mornings successively. This 

 recipe is certainly one of the best that can be 

 formed out of the materia medica, and deserves 

 the highest commendation. The powdered glass 

 being added to it very much assists the medicine 

 by its friction on the part; the skin becomes 

 jwughecl, and in a small measure divided. It will 

 not only cure spavins, ring-bones, and splints, in 

 their infancy, but when they are obstinate, ^nd of 



