Receipts. 



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then take stiff paper, roll it in a 

 horn shape about the size of a 

 goose quil ; fill with arsenic or 

 potash ; double over the ends ; 

 insert the pipe and push or drive 

 it to the bottom, Serve all the 

 pipes in the same manner, it 

 will break loose in 3 to 6 weeks. 

 Cleanse it one day with soap 

 suds, and next with a wash com- 

 posed of one teaspoonful of white 

 vitriol, and 1 do. burnt copperas, 

 one do. burnt alum, one of gun- 

 powder, in one pint of rain wa- 

 ter. Oil the sore well after 

 washing. 



Fistula. — Take one pint of al- 

 cohol, ^ pt. turpentine, 1 oz. in- 

 digo, apply once a day. 



To Drive off Poll Evil before 

 IT BREAKS. — Take 4 oz. oil of 

 spike, 1 of British oil, one-eighth 

 of white vitriol, 1 of extract of 

 muUen hearts,; apply twice a 

 day. Shake well before you ap- 

 ply. Give the cleansing-powder 

 to cleanse the blood. 



Thrush r Spaviv. — Tako 2 

 oz. oil of St. John. 1 oz. of oil of 

 viterol, 1 oz. oil turpentine, 3 oz. 

 of whiskey. For spavin or ring- 

 bone add 3 oz. of lucrcurial oint- 

 ment, This is a valuable receipt. 

 Condition Powders. — Take 2 

 J lb. of rosin, 1 lb. ginger, 1 Ib.cas- 

 ^ sar, ^ lb. salt-petra, pulverise 

 fine and mix togetner. Give one 

 ' table-spoon full every other day. 

 AVater Farcy. — This is a swel- 

 ling along under the chest, and 

 forward to the breast. Bleed, 

 rowel in the breast and all along 

 the swelling, six inches apart, ap- 

 l^iy the general liniment to the 

 swelling, move the rowels every 

 day ; let them stay in until the 

 swelling goes down. Give soft 

 food — mashes, with the cleansing- 

 powder in it— this is dropsy. 



Too Free Discharge of Urine. 

 Give one half oz. of the tr. of oan- 

 tharides every morning for ten 

 or twelve days, and if not entire- 

 ly well, repeat it again, and bleed 

 one gallon from the neck — t^ive 

 clean food. The cause is rotten 

 or musty grain, or too free use of 

 turpentine. Keep him open with 

 mashes and green food. 



Disease of the Liver, or Yel- 

 low Water. — Give the following 

 ball every morning until it op- 

 erates upon the bowels. Take 

 7 drachms of aloes, and 1 drachm 

 of calomel, 4 drachms of ginger, 

 and molasses enough to make it 

 into a ball, wrap it in paper and 

 give it; give scalded bran and 

 oats, grass if it can be got ; when 

 his bowels have moved, stop the 

 physic, and give 1 oz. spirits of 

 camphor in a half pint of water 

 every morning for twelve days; 

 rowel in the breast, and give a 

 few doses of cleansing powder. — 

 Turn him out. 



Fresh AVounds. — First, stop the 

 wound by tying the arteries, or 

 by applying the following wash : 

 4 gr. of nitre of silver, 1 oz, of 

 soft water, wet the wound with 

 this and then draw the edges to- 

 gether by stitches one inch apart, 

 then wash clean, and if any swel- 

 ling in tAventy-four hours, bleed, 

 and apply the blue ointment, or 

 any of the liniments spoken of. 

 Keep the bowels open. 



Bruises. — Take Arnica blos- 

 soms steeped in whiskey. 



Cure for Biles on Horses. — 

 Permit the patient to have a run 

 for 5 or G weeks in a good pas- 

 ture, and give a little physic in 

 shorts or r>aeal. 



Cure for Cramp. — Give a dose 

 of catfaartk) medicines and hot 

 fomentations to the limbs, and a 

 little rest. 



