1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE BECEIPTS.

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No. 485. Cure for Sore Backs of Horses.

The best method of caring sore backs is to dis- soh^e half an ounce of blue vitriol in a pint of water, and daub the injured parts with it four or five times a day.

No. 486.

An 1} fallible Lotion for Blows, Bruises, and Sprains in Horses. Take of spirits of wine, 8 ounces ; dissolve 1 ounce of camphor first in the spirits of wine; then add 1 ounce oil of turpentine, 1 ounce spirit of sal-ammo- niac, I ounce oil of origanum, and 1 large table- spoonful of liquid laudanum. It must be well rubbed in with the hand, for full a quarter of an hour, every time it is used, which must be four times a day. You will be astonished at its efficacy when you try it. No. 487. To make a Horse drink freely. A horse has a very sweet tooth when he is unwell and will not drink freely. Mix molasses and coarse brown sugar in the water : he will then drink freely. No. 488. How to construct a Battery for Gilding and Silver- Plating. 1st. Make five copper cylinders or cups, 4 inches in diameter and 4 inches high, with copper sockets soldered to the top, to receive the conducting-wires.