1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLANEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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No. 561. LinimeM for RhewTiatism. Take 1 ounce soap liniment, \

ounce tincture

2 drachms oil of cajeput, 2 drachms Mix, and rub the parts affected night Flannel, or chamois leather, should

of opium,

hartshorn.

and morning.

be worn in winter.

No. 562. A Simple Cure for Rheumatism.

Take 1 drachm hydriodate of potash, distilled water 2 ounces; mix, and give a teaspoonful in a wineglass of water, morning, noon, and night. This seldom fails to afford relief.

No. 563.

To Silver Co-pper. Take a small quantity of pure silver, and pour over it twice its weight of nitric acid, and twice as much water as acid. The silver will be quickly dis- solved. The solution, if the metal and acid be both pure, will be transparent and colourless. Then pre- cipitate the silver by the immersion of polished plates of copper. Take of the silver 20 grains, cream of tartar 2 drachms, 2 drachms common salt, and Take then the article -to be silvered, clean it well, and rub some of the mixture, previously a little moistened, upon its surface. The silvered surface may be polished with a piece of soft leather. The dial- plates of clocks, scales of barometers, etc. are all plated thus. ^ drachm alum ; mix the whole together.