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A TREATISE ON ELEPHANTS. 
(66) Boracic acid (powdered). 
I Equal parts. 
(68) Powdered catechu. 
(69) Chinosol ... ... ... i part. 
Boracic acid ... ... ... 8 parts. 
Iodoform, one part, may be added to three parts of any of the 
above except the last and will tend to keep away flies. Lint, 
gauze, tow, cotton, wool, medicated with antiseptics such as carbolic 
acid, boracic acid, corrosive sublimate, eucalyptus, iodoform, are 
largely employed in dressing and protecting wounds from air, dirt, 
etc. Carbolized tow is inexpensive and most useful. 
Embrocations or liniments are local agents used for stimulating 
the skin and subjacent parts in sprains, enlarged glands, etc., and 
require to be rubbed into the affected parts for ten to fifteen 
minutes once or twice a day. 
Solution of ammonia, which is much used in the preparation of 
embrocations, is made as follows : — 
Liquor ammonia (fort) ... ... 20 ozs. 
Distilled water ... ... ... 40 c-zs. 
{d) Ammonia liniments. 
(70) Solution of ammonia 
Olive or sweet oil 
Mix and shake well. 
(71) Solution of ammonia 
Olive oil or other sweet oil 
Oil of turpentine ... 
OR 
Liquor ammonia (fort) ... 
Turpentine 
Sweet oil 
Shake the oil and ammonia together well and then add the turpentine and 
shake again. 
[h) Compound liniment of camphor . 
(72) Camphor ... ... „. i oz. 
Methylated spirit ... ... 4 ozs. 
Olive or sweet oil ... ... i pt. 
Solution of ammonia ... ... 2 ozs. 
Dissolve the camphor in the spirit, shake the olive oil with the ammonia and 
mix well. 
(67) Oxide of zinc 
Starch 
1 oz. 
2 ozs. 
• ^ Equal parts. 
I part 
I part. 
4 parts. 
