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Freezing Mixtures. 



Take sal ammoniac, five parts ; nitre, five parts ; cold 

 water, sixteen parts : mix. Or, take sal ammoniac, and 

 nitre, of each five parts; Glauber's salts, eight parts; 

 cold water, sixteen parts : mix. The article to be 

 cooled is to be placed in a tin vessel, which is to be 

 placed in the mixture just as a butter kettle would be 

 placed in ice water. Bj throwing a handful of sal 

 ammoniac, or coarse salt or nitre, upon ice or snow, a low 

 degree of cold will be produced, sufficient for all pur- 

 poses. Freezing mixtures are of much benefit when ap- 

 plied to sprains, when ice cannot be had. 



Liniments or Embrocations. 



Liniments are external applications, and are used for 

 the cure of sprains, bruises, chronic swellings, etc. 



Liniment of Ammonia- — Take solution of am- 

 monia, two ounces ; sweet oil, six ounces : mix. 



Liniment of Camphor. — Take camphor, one ounce ; 

 olive or SNveet oil, three ounces: mix. 



Liniment of Aconite. — Take tincture of aconite 

 root, two ounces ; olive or sweet oil, four ounces ; crea- 

 sote, one ounce : mix. This is one of the most valuable 

 embrocations which can be applied to a painful bruise, or 

 sprain of whatever kind. It removes, and allays inflam- 

 mation, irritation and pain. 



Liniment of Lead. — Take soap (castile,) five ounces ; 

 camphor, one drachm ; Goulard's extract of lead, half 

 an ounce ; boiling water, one pint. Cut the soap into 

 thin pieces, and the camphor in fine powder, and stir 

 them into the Goulard's extract, then pour in the boiling 

 water. 



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