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as follows : — 4 ounces blue vitriol, 2 oz. verdigris to a junk 

 bottle of urine. 



3. Spirits of turpentine, tar and verdigris, in equal parts. 



4. The following recipe used to be hawked about the 

 country at the price of $5, the purchaser having promised 

 inviolable secrecy : — 3 quarts alcohol, 1 pint spirits of turpen- 

 tine, 1 pint of strong vinegar, 1 lb. of blue vitriol, 1 lb. of 

 copperas, H lbs. verdigris, 1 lb. alum, 1 lb. of saltpetre, 

 pounded fine ; mix in a close bottle, shake every day, and let 

 it stand six or eight days before using : also mix 2 lbs. of 

 honey and 2 quarts tar and apply it after the previous 

 compound. " Two applications to entirely remove disease." 



5. A saturated solution of blue vitriol applied through a 

 quill in a cork — and finely pulverized vitriol dusted over 

 the parts when wet. This was the favorite remedy of the 

 faimers in the region where I reside, twenty-five years ago. 



6. The most common and popular remedy now used in 

 Central New York is : — 1 lb. blue vitriol ; ^ lb. (with some 

 ^ lb.) verdigris ; l,pint of linseed oil; 1 quart of tar. The 

 vitriol and verdigris are pulverized very fine, and many per- 

 sons before adding the tar, grind the mixture through a 

 paint mill. Some use a decoction of tobacco boiled until 

 thick, in the place of oil. 



1. The remedy recommended by Mr. James Hogg, of 

 Scotland, is turpentine 2 ounces, sulphuric acid 2 drachms — 

 to be well mixed before it is used and applied freely to the 

 diseased part. 



8. Mr. Spconer thinks 1 oz. of olive oil and double the 

 quantity of sulphuric acid, an improvement on the above. 

 He says " the acid must be mixed carefully with turpentine, 

 as considerable inflammation immediately takes place." He 

 remarks that he has used all the powerful acids with success, 

 and that he imagines it of but little consequence which 

 caustic is employed, provided it be of sufficient strength. 



9. Mr. Youatt recommends washing the foot in a strong 

 solution of chloride of lime, and then resorting to " muriate 

 or butyr of antimony." The foot to be dressed every day, 

 and each new separation of horn removed, and every portion 

 of fungus submitted to the action of the caustic, and a little 

 clean tow to be wrapped round the foot and bound tightly 

 down with tape, if the foot is principally strijjped of its horn. 



10. The following is the English "Halt Receipt." It is 

 given in the prize essay of Mr. Robert Smith, already on 

 numerous occasions cited ; and Mr. Smith says he has found 



