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(3.) Cerate of Zmc. — Take simple cerate, six 

 ounces; melt, and add oxide of zinc, one ounce, and 

 stir till cold. 



(4.) Resin Cerate. — Yellow Basilicon. — Take yellow 

 rosin and yellow wax, of each half a pound, then add 

 eight ounces of olive oil or lard, melt together over a 

 slow fire, and strain through flannel cloth while hot. 

 This is an old, but excellent application for sores, scalds, 

 burns, etc. 



Clysters. — For colic of all kinds, take warm water 

 of about blood heat, one stable bucket full, four ounces 

 of common table salt, soap sufficient to make a good 

 lather or froth ; of this, three to four quarts may be in- 

 jected per rectum, every half hour till the animal is well. 

 For the expulsion of the fundament bots, injections of 

 flax seed oil is an excellent and safe way of removing 

 them. Tobacco smoke injections are sometimes used for 

 their removal, as well as in cases of constipation. To 

 give injections of tobacco smoke, an instrument having 

 both force and suction is necessary. Tobacco smoke is 

 not recommended for either of these affections by the 

 author. 



Drenches. — Used in cases of colic. Take sul- 

 phuric ether, half an ounce ; laudanum, two ounces ; 

 flaxseed oil, one pint: mix. Or take spirits of turpentine, 

 one ounce; tincture of aconite root, twenty-five drops ; 

 aloes, one ounce in solution : mix. Or take warm ale, 

 two pints ; ground ginger, half an ounce, tincture of aco- 

 nite root, twenty drops : mix. Used in flatulent colic, 

 accompanied with swelling of the belly. Take lauda- 

 num, two ounces ; aloes in solution, one ounce ; chloride 

 of lime, half an ounce : mix. Or take tincture of aconite 

 root, twenty drops ; aloes in solution, one ounce ; sul- 



