1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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swell, the hair also rubs off. Horses that are re- moved from grass to a warm stable, full fed on hay and corn, and not sufficiently exercised, are very subject to one or more of these symptoms. Regulating the quantity of food given to him, proper exercise, and occasional laxatives, as the following powder, will be commonly found sufficient after the tirst bleeding, and operation of an aloetlc purge. In slight affections of this kind, a brisk purge will often alone be sufficient. Take of crocus of antimony, finely levigated, nitre, cream of tartar, and flour of sulphur, each 4 ounces. Powder and mix them well together for use. One tablespoonful of this mixture may be given every night and morning, in as much scalded bran, or a feed of corn m'oistened with water, that the powder may adhere thereto. This powder will be found excellent for such horses as are kept on dry food, whether they be in the stable or travel on the road; also for stallions in the spring of the year, as they not only keep the body cool and open, but cause him to cast his coat, and make his skin appear as bright as silk. No. 422. Laxative and Diaphoretic Powder.

No. 423.

Purging.

In obstinate grease and swellings of the legs, ac- companied with lameness of the joints, dry coughs,