1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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No. 404.

3folten Grease.

Bleed and purge moderately, and feed regularlj* on a diminished allowance.

No. 405. Poll-EviL Bring the swelling to a head, as any other tumour, by the suppurating poultice, w^hich is made as fol- lows : No. 406. Take four handfuls of bran and three middling- sized turnips ; boil them till soft, and beat them well together; then boil them again in milk to a thick poultice, adding to it 2 ounces linseed and J pound hog's lard. No. 407. Make an opening for the matter to descend from all the neighbouring sinuses. Keep the parts well cleaned with warm soap-suds; then inject the vul- nerary-water into the sinuses. If there is a core, touch it with caustic; w^hen this is discharged; dress with the green ointment. Quitter, Suioimrating Fouliice,

No. 408.

Ringbone.

If recent, blister the part; if an old aliectioc, recourse must be had to firing.