MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS. 57 



"Water Farcy. 



No. 1. — Saltpetre, 2 ounces; copperas, 2 ounces; ginger, 1 ounce; fenu- 

 greek, 2 ounces; anise, i ounce; gentian, 1 ounce. Mix, and divide into 

 eight powders; give two or three each day. 



No. 2. — Gentian, 1 ounce; ginger, •} ounce; anise, 1 ounce; elecampane, 

 2 ounces; blue vitriol, 1 ounce; flaxseed meal, 2 ounces; saltpetre, 2 ounces. 

 Mix, and divide into eight powders. Moderate daily exercise and rubbing 

 the limbs are useful. 



Healing Preparations. 



No. 1.— Carbolic acid, 1 ounce; soft water, 2 pints. Mix. 



iq-Q. 2. — White vitriol, 1 ounce; soft water, 2 pints. Mix. 



]Nl"o. 3. — Pulverized camphor, 1 drachm; prepared chalk, 6 drachms; 

 burnt alum, 4 drachms. Mix. Sprinkle over the sore. 



No. 4.— Tincture of opium, 1 ounce; tannin, 1 drachm. Mix, and shake 

 well before using. Excellent for galls of collar, saddle, or in fact for any 

 purpose requiring a healing astringent. 



For G-alled Back or Shoulders. 

 Tincture of arnica, 1 ounce; vinegar, 6 ounces; brandy, 4 ounces; sal 

 ammoniac, 2 ounces; soft water. 1 pint. Mix, and bathe with it often. 



For Unhealthy Ulcers. 

 Nitric acid, 1 ounce; blue vitriol, 3 ounces; soft w^ater, 15 ounces. Mix. 



For Fresh "Wounds. 

 Copperas, 2 drachms; white vitriol, 3 drachms; gunpowder, 2 drachms; 

 boiling soft water, 2 quarts. Mix. When cool it is ready for use. 



Healing Mixture. 

 Cosmoline, 5 ounces; carbolic acid, 1 drachm. Mix. This is one of the 

 very best of mixtures for any sore, especially for such cases as are inclined 

 not to heal readily. 



To Cure Mange. 



Oil tar, 1 ounce; lac sulphur, 1-^ ounces; whale oil, 2 ounces. Mix. 

 Rub a little on the skin wherever the disease appears, and continue, daily, 

 for a week, and then wash off with castile soap and warm water. 



Healing Mixture for Cuts. 

 Balsam copaiba, 2 ounces; tincture of myrrh, 3 ounces. Mix. This is a 

 good healing mixture. 



