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gill of good brandy, and applied to weak knees will 

 prove beneficial to them. 



When you wish to scatter a swelling or tumor, take 

 the yolks of hen's eggs, with an equal part of honey, 

 beat them well together, thicken with wheat flour so as 

 to form a thick paste, and bind it on the swollen parts. 



A drench to increase the appetite and purify the sys- 

 tem. — Take mustard, wild cherry bark and horse-radish, 

 equal parts, with half the quantity of one of burdock 

 root (Lappi), the whole to be soaked several days in old 

 cider; then strain and give a pint of the cider at a time, 

 every other day for a week, or as the case may require. 



A good Liniment. — Take one pint of spirits of wine 

 (or alcohol), add one ounce each of gum myrrh and gum 

 camphor, and one ounce of the oil origanum, and to the 

 above add half an ounce of sal ammoniac (which must 

 first be pulverized and dissolved in water, as it is soluble 

 only in water). This makes a very strengthening lini- 

 ment, and a valuable one to keep in the stable. 



Hot Drops. — Take one gallon of good brandy (or high 

 wines), one pound of gum myrrh, well pulverized, two 

 ounces of cayenne pepper, and an ounce of camphor gum. 

 Put the whole in a stone jug, boil five minutes, by 

 placing the jug, unstopped, in a kettle of boiling water, 

 or let it stand five or six days in the jug without boiling, 

 only shake it well every day, when it will be fit for use. 

 This, given internally, is good for colds, or inflammation 

 of any kind, as it prevents mortification taking place. 

 Applied externally, is good for tetanus, sores and wounds 

 of all kinds, and is an excellent remedy for swelled legs, 



