Ointments. 499 



sulph. vivuin 4 oz., oil of turpentine 3 oz. ; mix. — '2. Oil of tar 

 8 oz., oil of turpentine 4 oz., sulphur vivuni 2 oz. ; mix. 



Ointment for sitfasts. Camphire 2 drachms, oil of ori- 

 ganum Idr. ; dissolve. — 2. Mercurial ointment 9 oz., calomel half 

 a drachm, oil of turpentine 9 dr. ; mix. 



Stimulating ointment for horses. Yellow basilicon 

 4 oz., sweet oil and red precipitate of each half an oz. ; mix. 



Liniment for suppurating inflamed glands in horses. 

 Sperma ceti ointment 2 oz., camphire 2 dr., oil of origanum 1 dr. ; 

 mix. 



Charge for windgalls, or lameness. Burgundy pitch 4oz : 

 bees'* wax 3 oz., Barbadoes tar 2 oz. ; melt, and add red lead 4 oz. ; 

 if too hard, soften with sweet oil or lard. 



Stopping for the feet. Tallow 2lb., tar and common 

 turpentine of each lib.; melt together. — 2. Clay and cow dung 

 mixed. 



Ointment for mange. Train oil 12 oz., oil of turp. 4 oz. ; 

 mix, and add sulphur vivum 4 oz. 



Sevum meliloti. Suet 8lb., melilot leaves 21b. ; boil till 

 crisp : used in making melilot plaster. 



Ointment of stavesacre. Stavesacre seed powdered, 

 made into an ointment with lard and train oil ; useful to kill 

 lice in cattle. 



Common oil of bays, Utu/, laurinum vulgare. Fol. lauri 

 lb. j, bacc. lauri lb. ss, fol. brassicae ^iv, neat's foot oil lb. v, beef 

 suet lb. ij ; boil and express. 



FOE the kitchen. 



Salted butter, Butijrum salitum. Fresh butter 161b., salt lib, 

 well beat together ; used to keep the butter fresh : the salt may at 

 any time be washed out, and the butter sold for fresh, or used in 

 its salted state. 



Fin/' salted butter. Butter 16ib., salt 14 oz., saltpetre 1 oz., 

 brown sugar or honey 1 oz. ; well beat together, and kept in a cool 

 place for one or two months before it is used: eaten in its salted 

 state, rich like marrow. 



Honey butter. Rich butter lolb., honey lib., beat up together ; 

 as a dehcacy for sick or aged persons. 



FOB perfumery AND COSMETICS. 



Cold cream ^ Ceratum Galeni. 01. amygd. lib., cera3 alba' 4 oz. ; 

 melt, pour into a warm mortar, add by degrees uq. rosar. lb. j : it 

 should be very light and white — 2. Trotter oil 1 pint, aq. rosjc 



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