VALUABLE MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS. 231 



WORM POWDERS 



Sulphur, i oz.; tartar emetic, 4 drams; common salt, 

 8 oz., liver of antimony, i oz. Mix for 6 doses; I daily, 

 in wetted corn. 



TO CUBE AN INDOLENT ULCER. 



Take the green scum that gathers on the water in the 

 frog ponds in the spring and summer ; boil over a slow fire ; 

 then add fresh butter to the consistence of an ointment. 

 This is an Indian remedy; cured an ulcer of seventeen 

 years' standing that had resisted all other treatment. 



The gentleman whom it cured deemed it so valuable, and 

 desiring to benefit those that may be similarly afflicted, re- 

 quested that I would put it in my book. 



For a lacerated wound and bruise, I have found the 

 following so effective a remedy that I insert it. It has a 

 peculiarly soothing, healing effect. I once had one of my 

 big toes crushed by a heavy horse stepping upon it ; under 

 like circumstances, previously found even arnica or lauda- 

 num to afford the desired relief; by pouring some of this 

 on the part, wetting the stocking, in fifteen minutes I had 

 no pain, and had no trouble afterwards : 



Simple tincture of marigold, called callendula, reduced 

 one-third to one-half with soft water. Bathe the part re- 

 peatedly with it. It possesses remarkable healing qualities. 



GRAIN FOUNDER-CURE OF. 



Take three pints of vinegar, into which put six red pep- 

 per pods, and boil until reduced to one quart. When cool, 

 give as a drench. Blanket the horse warmly. This will 

 put the horse in a profuse perspiration, and perform a per- 

 fect cure. The gentleman of whom I got this, cured a 

 valuable horse that got into his granary and ate so much 

 grain that he was in the morning perfectly stiff. One dose 

 made a perfect cure. He said he would not be without it 

 for one hundred dollars. 



