NOTITIA VKNATICA. 85 



Spirit of opodeldoc, one ounce 



Spirit of salamoniae, one ounce. 



To be well rubbed in. 



ANOTHER MOST EXCELLENT REMEDY FOR BRUISES AND CUTS. 



Oil of salts, one ounce 

 Oil of bays, two ounces 

 Oil of spike, two ounces 

 Oil of petre, two ounces 

 Oil of vitriol, sixty drops. 



To be rubbed in once a day. 



RED OILS FOR BITES OR BLOWS. 



4 drachms rectified oil of amber 

 1 ounce spirit of lavender 

 1 ounce spirit of turpentine 

 3 ounces white wine vinegar. 



FOR SORE FEET. 



Some huntsmen use Friar's balsam alone, or a styptic tincture made 

 of oil of vitriol five drops, and tincture of myrrh one ounce, which is a 

 good remedy. But the following is the very best application which I 

 have ever tried ; I had it from the late Mr. J. Warde's kennel in Berk- 

 shire (a very flinty country), where it was used for many years : 



Blue vitriol, three ounces 

 Roch allum, three ounces 

 Vinegar, one and a half pint. 



To be mixed together. Let it be kept warm for two months, either 

 near the fire or let it be buried in a heap of stable manure. The 

 older it is the more astringent it becomes. 



EYES WEAK OR INJURED. 



First take some blood from the hound thus injured ; give a mild dose 

 of physic, and foment the eye very frequently with warm water ; after- 

 wards bathe it with an eye-water, composed of rose-water and white 

 vitriol, mixed as for a human being, but rather stronger ; it is far better 

 than goulard-water, which is too harsh and drying. If the eye still con- 

 tinues to be inflamed, put a seton in his neck. Weak eyes are very 

 frequently the eti'ect of heat of constitution and Avant of condition, 

 (See Blaine's chapter on diseases of eyes). 



FOR THE BITE OF A VIPEK. 



Rub the part bitten with very strong hartshorn and oil repeatedly, 

 and give doses of linseed oil (but olive is better) intenially. If the part 



