56 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS. 



Tonic Ball. 



Ginger, 2 drachms ; gentian, 1 drachm ; Peruvian bark, ^ ounce ; fenu- 

 greek, i ounce. Mix, and form a ball. 



Diuretics. 



Take of balsam copaiba, 2 ounces ; sweet spirits of nitre, 3 ounces ; 

 spirits of turpentine, 2 ounces ; oil of juniper, 2 ounces ; tincture of cam- 

 phor, 2 ounces. Mix ; shake the bottle before pouring the medicine. Dose 

 for adult horse : Two tablespoonf uls in a pint of milk, repeated every four 

 to six hours, if necessary. This is a reliable preparation for kidney 

 difficulties. 



Cough Mixtures. 



1^0. 1.— Oil of tar, given as directed for treatment of heaves, is one of 

 the best remedies for nearly all coughs. 



1^0. 2.— Take of alcohol, i pint; balsam of fir, 2 ounces. Mix well, and 

 add all the tar it will cut. Shake well before using. Dose, from one to 

 two teaspoonfuls two or three times a day. 



Farcy. 



Nitrate of potash, 4 ounces ; black antimony, 2 ounces ; sulphite of soda, 

 1 ounce; elecampane, 2 ounces. Mix. Dose, one tablespoonf ul once or 

 twice a day. 



Nasal Gleet. 



[No. 1. —Copperas, 2 ounces ; pulverized gentian, 3 ounces ; elecampane, 

 1 ounce ; linseed meal, 3 ounces. Mix, and give from half to one table- 

 spoonful twice a day. 



-^Q 2.— Aloes, 6 ounces ; pulverized nux vomica, 3 drachms ; flaxseed 

 meal, 4 ounces. Make into eight powders, and give one or two each day. 



Cracked Heels. 



Tar, 8 ounces; beeswax, 1 ounce; rosin, 1 ounce; alum, 1 ounce; tallow, 

 1 ounce; sulphate of iron, 1 ounce; carbolic acid, 1 drachm. Mix, and boil 

 over a slow fire. Skim off the filth, and add 2 ounces of the scrapings of 

 sweet elder. 



Thrush. 



;N-o i._Wash the feet well, with castile soap and water, and sprinkle a 

 small quantity of pulverized blue vitriol in the cleft; then fill up all the 

 cavities with cotton, press it in so as to keep out all dirt, and repeat as 

 often as necessary until the cure is complete. 



1^0. 2. —Blue vitriol and copperas, of each 1 ounce; burnt alum, 2 

 ounces; white vitriol, i ounce. Mix. 



