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ILLUSTRATED stock doctor. 
No. C6. 1 Ounce goldthread, 
1 Pint boiling water. 
Set the mixture aside to cool ; then strain, and add a table-spoonful of 
honey, and bathe the parts twice a day. 
Astringent : 
Kino is a powerful astringent, and may be used in diarrhea, dysentery, 
and red water, after the inflammatory symptoms have subsided. Ve occa. 
eionally use it in the following form for red water and chronic dysentery : 
No. 20 Grains powdered kino, 
1 Quart thin flour gruel. 
To be given at a dose, and repeated night and morning, as occasion 
requires. 
Simple cough remedy : 
The following makes an excellent cough remedy* 
No. 68. 1 Ounce powdered licorice, 
1 Tea-spoonful balsam of Tolu, 
1 Quart boiling water. 
To be given at a dose. 
Antacid for hoven : 
Lime water is used in diarrhoea, and when the discharge of urine is 
excessive. Being an antacid, it is very usefully employed when cattle 
are hoven or blown. It is unsafe to administer alone, as it often de- 
ranges the digestive organs ; it is therefore very properly combined with 
tonics. The following will serve as an example : 
No. 69. 2 Ounces lime water, 
2 Quarts infusion of snakehead (balmony/, 
Dose, a quart, night and morning. 
Xm. Tincture for Wounds. 
Myrrh makes hn excellent tincture for wounds, prepared as follows : 
No. 70. 2 Ounces powdered myrrh, 
1 Pint proof spirits. 
Set in a close covered vessel for two weeks, then strain through a fine 
eeive, and bottle for use. It should be always kept on hand. 
Opodeldoc : 
Used for strains and bruises, after the inflammatory action has some, 
trhat subsided. 
