1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

220 600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

proper to take some blood from the animal; and the quantity must be regulated according to the disease and habit of body. No. 481. To cure the Yellows^ or Jaundice^ in Neat Cattle. As soon as this disease makes its first appearance, it may, for the most part, be removed by adminis tering the following drinks. lieduce to powder cumin-seeds, anise-seed, and turmeric-root, each, 2 ounces; grains of paradise and salt of tartar, each, 1 ounce. Now slice 1 ounce Castile soap, and mix it w^ith 2 ounces molasses ; put the whole into a pitcher ; then pour a quart of boiling ale upon the ingredients, and cover them down till new-milk-warm ; then give the drink. It will often be proper to repeat this 2 or 3 times Qwerw other day, or oftener, if required. If the beast be in good condition, take away from 2 to 3 quarts of blood ; but the animal should not be turned out after bleeding that day, not at night, but the morning following it may go to its pasture as usual. After this has had the desired effect, let the following be given. Take of balsam copaiva, 1 ounce ; salt of tartar, 1 ounce ; Castile soap, 2 ounces. Beat them togethei in a marble mortar ; and add valerian-root, in pow- der, 2 ounces ; ginger-root and Peruvian bark, in powder, each, 1 ounce ; molasses, 2 ounces. Mix, foi 1 drink. Let this drink be given in a quart of warm gruel, and repeated, if necessar^^, every other day. It W'ill be proper to keep the body sufiicieutly