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Receipts. 



Opodeldoc. — Take alcohol half 

 a gallon, 2 pounds of castile soap, 

 4 oz. gum camphor, 2 oz. oil of 

 ambre ; place the alcohol into a 

 pot in hot water,shave up thewap 

 and keep it hot until all dissolves, 

 and you have the old original 

 opodeldoc. 



Greex Ointment. — Take 6 lbs. 

 lard, put into ten gallon kettle, 

 add 2 gallons of water, cut jimp- 

 son weedSj and fill them in and 

 cook them four to six hours, slow, 

 and cook all the water out, then 

 put into jars, add to each pound 

 of ointment one ounce of turpen- 

 tine. This is a good and cheap 

 stable ointment — good for galls, 

 cuts, scratches, <fec. 



Sloan's Ointment — Take mut- 

 ton tallow 4 lbs., beeswax one 

 half pound, rosin one half pound, 

 turpentine 3 oz., — melt over a 

 slow fire, and, when partly cold, 

 add the turpentine, and you have 

 the same ointment. Sloan sells to 

 cure everything ; try it and prove 

 its value. 



Iodine Ointment.— Get 1 oz. of 

 the grease iodine, 1 pint of alcohol, 

 let this stand in the sun two days, 

 and this is the tincture of iodine. 

 Take 2 oz. of tincture and one- 

 half pound of lard ; mix well, and 

 you have the iodine ointment. — 

 This is used wherever thei'eceipts 

 refer to the ointment. 



White Ointment. — For rheu- 

 matism, sprains, burns, swellings, 

 bruises, or any inflammation on 

 man or beast, chapped hands or 

 lips, black eyes, or any kind of 

 bruise. Take fresh butter 2 lbs., 

 tr. of iodine half oz., oil of ori- 

 ganum 2 oz — mix this well for 

 fifteen minutes and it is fit for 

 Use — apply it every night ; rub 

 it in well with your hand. If 



for human flesh, lay on warm 

 flannel. 



Blue Ointment. — Take the 

 ointment of losin 4 oz., half oz, 

 of finely ground verdigris, 2 oz. 

 of turpentine, mutton tallow 2 

 lbs., half oz. oil of origanum, half 

 oz. tr. of iodine— mix all well. — • 

 This is one of the best medicines 

 that can be made, for scratches, 

 hoof-evil, cuts, and is good to ap- 

 ply on fistula, after the rowels 

 have been taken out. 

 —--Hoof Ointment. — Take rosin 4 

 oz., beeswax 6 oz., lard 2 lbs. ; 

 melt together, pour it into a pot, 

 and 3 oz. of turpentine, 2 oz,; 

 of finely powdered verdigris 1 

 lb tallow — stir all until it gets 

 cool. This is one of the best 

 medicines for the hoof ever used> 

 It is good for corks or bruises of 

 the feet. 



Hoof Liquid, — For tender feet, 

 hoof-bound, &c. Linseed or neats 

 foot oil, half a pint of either, tur- 

 pentine 4 oz., oil of tar 6 oz., ori- 

 ganum 3 oz., shake this well and 

 apply it as the directions for the 

 ointment. This is tlie best, if the 

 horse has been lame long — it pen- 

 etrates the hoof sooner than tha 

 ointment — both of them should 

 be applied at night. 



Hoof Evil, or Thrush, Grease 

 Heels. — Bleed, and physic, and 

 poultice the foot with boiled tur- 

 nips and some fine ground char- 

 coal — this must be done at night, 

 for two or three nights, then 

 wash the foot clean with castile 

 soap and soft water, and apply 

 the blue ointment every day — 

 keep the horse on a floor floor, 

 and he will be well in twelve 

 days. 



HooF-BouND OR Tender Feet 

 — jS^ever have the feet spread at 



