1064 EEC1PES AND PKESCEiPTlONS. 



To GROW HAIR ON THE MANE OR TAIL. 



Add as much sulphur to castor oil as will make it thick as 

 cream, and rub into the roots of the hair two or three times a 

 week. This was obtained by the writer nearly twenty years ago 

 in Maine. From some cause ; one of my horses (Turco) rubbed 

 the hair off his tail so as to spoil it. The skin was smooth and 

 glossy, and apparently beyond hope of new hair growing in. Some 

 one told me to apply the above, and in a short time a heavy 

 growth of hair started, and grew to full length. 



In 1873, in defiance of all that could be done, Gifford (one of 

 my pair of trained horses) lost all the hair from his tail. The 

 above was well rubbed into the dock two or three times a week, 

 and a heavy growth of hair was soon started, which, in time, made 

 a fine tail. 



ASTRINGENT OINTMENTS. 



No. 1. 4 ounces Venice turpentine, 1 ounce bee's wax, 4 ounces vase- 

 line. Melt over a slow fire ; and when rather cool, but when it is liquid, 

 add 1 ounce sugar of lead, or 2 ounces alum, finely powdered. Stir the mixt- 

 ure until it is cold. 



No. 2. 1 drachm red nitrated mercury, commonly named red precipi- 

 tate, rubbed down to a very fine powder ; 2 ounces calmine cerate, com- 

 monly named Turner's cerate. Mix. 



Remark. The astringent powders and ointments are designed 

 chiefly as remedies for the grease, after the inflammation of the 

 part has been in a great measure removed by proper poultices ; 

 but the ointment is applicable only to those ulcerations or cracks 

 which are sometimes an effect of that disease ; and often occurring 

 from other causes. 



GOULARD'S EXTRACT, 



This is made from litharge and vinegar, by simmering them 

 together over a gentle fire, until the vinegar has dissolved as 

 much as it is capable of doing. It is a very useful application in 

 cases of external inflammation, and may be used either as a lotion 

 or in the form of a poultice. Goulard lotion is made by mixing 

 half an ounce of the extract in a pint of soft water. Some add 

 to this a little camphorated spirit, or some distilled vinegar; but 

 when the lotion is intended for the eyes, there must be a much 

 larger portion of water, not less than a quart, and the lotion 

 should be filtered. 



Goulard poultice is made by mixing as much of the lotion with 

 bran, linseed meal, or any proper materials for a poultice, as will 

 give them a proper consistence. Goulard is never used undiluted, 

 nor is it given internally. White. 



