1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCEiLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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Mix it while new-milk-warm.

ounces castor-oil.

After the given, the aloes may be left out, and then the ball and drink may be given once a day (one in the morning and the other in the evening,) until a proper passage be obtained. first ball

No. 430. Powerful llixiure for Fevers.

If the fev«er still continues to increase, it will be proper to take a little more blood from him, and then to have recourse to the following fever-powder. Take of emetic tartar 1 ounce, calcined antimony 2 ounces, calcined hartshorn 1 ounce. Mix, and grind them in a mortar to a fine powder; then put them in a bottle for use. 2 drachms of these powders are a proper dose for a horse. A dose of this powder, with an ounce of nitre, may be given twice or three times a day, in a pint of warm gruel, or to be made into a ball with con- serve of roses. If the fever be violent, and the horse in a raging state, | ounce tincture of opium may be added to each dose of powders.

No. 431. Drink for an Inflammatory/ Fever,

Take of tartar-emetic 1 drachm, prepared kali I ounce, camphor 1 drachm, rubbed into powder, with a few drops spirits of wine. This drink is excellent for all kinds of inflammatory fevers, especially such as are attended with im