1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

251

No. 558.

Scouring.

ounce powdered catechu, and 10 grains

Give I

powdered opium, in a little gruel.

No. 559.

Flesh- Wounds in Cattle, a Tincture for.

Take Socotrine or Barbadoes aloes, in powder, 4 ounces, m3^rrh, coarsely powdered, 1 ounce, recti- fied spirits of wine 1 pint, water 2 pints. Let them etand 14 days, occasionally shaking ; then jS.t for use. Wounds are best without sewing. Cleanse fi'om dirt or gravel. If much inflamed, apply a poultice. If unhealthy fungous granulation arises, wash the part with the following mild caustic wash, previous to appl3ung the tincture: — Blue vitriol (sul- phate of copper) 1 ounce, water 1 pint ; dissolve.

No. 560.

Blacking for Harness, ^c.

Melt 4 ounces mutton-suet with 12 ounces bees- wax ; add 12 ounces sugar-candy, 4 ounces soft-soap dissolved in water, and 2 ounces indigo, finely pow- dered. When melted and well mixed, add ^ pint turpentine. Lay it on the harness with a sponge, and polish off with a brush.