236 MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS. 



TO CURE WEAKNESS AND WEEPING OF THE EYES THE 



LIDS SWOLLEN AND THE EYES WEAK. FOR HORSES. 



An old man's Remedy. Claimed that he never failed in curing 

 with it. 



Take saltpetre, i*^ oz. ; sulphate of zinc, I oz. ; suga-r of lead, I oz. 

 Mix all with a pint of vinegar and a quart of soft water. Take a 

 small sponge ; fill with it and squeeze in the hollow over the eye once 

 a day until a cure is effected. 



CURE OF BIG LEG AND BLOOD SPAVIN. 



Mr. James Brown of Troopsville, Cayuga Co., N. Y., cured a Blood 

 Spavin, by rubbing on at night a simple blister (i part Spanish flies 

 to 4 parts lard). 



He put on the blister at night, and washed it off in the morning 

 and applied a liniment of salalmoniac and vinegar (reduced one-half 

 with water), rubbed in thoroughly, using the liniment two days and 

 blister one. It took nearly six weeks to make a cure. 



For Big Leg, this treatment was kept up for eight weeks, to make 

 a cure. 



BRUISE AND CUT ON MAN OR HORSE. 



A favorite prescription of great value. 



Laudanum, I oz.; arnica tine., I oz.; sassafras oil, I oz. Mix, band- 

 age lightly, when possible, and keep wet. Said the gentleman who 

 gave the above prescription, I bruised one of my fingers terribly, liter- 

 ally smashing nail and flesh. I was in the greatest pain. When, 

 after hours of suffering, a gentleman from New York accosted me, and 

 learning my trouble, said for thirty cents I can relieve and cure you. 

 He gave me this prescription. I had it put up, kept my finger wet with 

 it during the night, and next day there was no pain, and in two days 

 my finger was well. It removes all fire and pain and heals by first 

 intention. 



There are two prescriptions in this book that are above all price for 

 cuts and bruises. One is the tincture of marigold, called callendula, 

 described on page 201, and the above. For man or horse they 

 are unrivaled and are worth far more to any family than the cost of this 

 book. One of my horses (Tommy), was kicked and seriously injured, 

 deep holes being made in the shoulder by the corks of the shoe. Se- 

 vere swelling and soreness followed immediately, making the horse 

 seriously lame and sore. Bathing thoroughly during the same evening 

 and night, following with the first-named remedy removed all soreness 

 and he went to work next day apparently as well as ever, and the cuts 

 were healed in two days. 



