1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLAXEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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ball, with conserve of roses or honey a sufficient quantity. No. 443. Clyster for Convulsions. Take of linseed and valerian-root, each, 4 ounces; boii them in 3 quarts of water to 4 pints; add Epsom salts 4 ounces, assafcetida | ounce, opium 2 drachms. Dissolve the whole in the above while hot, and apply it new-milk-warra. This is a most powerful clyster in all disorders of the intestines that are attended with pain and con- vulsions or spasms in those parts, such as a violent attack of the colic proceeding from an obstruction of the urinary passage. No. 444. To cure Gripes in Horses, This (li^^order goes by different names in different districts of the country ; as fret, — from the uneasiness attending it; bots, — from its being thought to arise from these animals or worms, &c. The animal looks dull and rejects his food ; becomes restless and un- easy, frequently pawing; voids his excrements in small quantities, and often tries to stale ; looks round, as if toward his own flank or the seat of complaint ; soon appears to get worse, often lying down, and sometimes suddenly rising up, or at times trying to roll, even in the stable, &c. As the dis- order goes on, the pain becomes more violent ; he appears more restless still, kicks at his belly, groans, rolls often, or tumbles about, with other marks of great agitation ; becomes feverish, and has a cold