1867 Six Hundred Receipts by John Marquart

600 MISCELLAXEOUS VALUABLE RECEIPTS.

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one-half of the quantity be given to ".he beast every nio^ht and niornins:, until the desired effect be ob- tained. No. 484. Faunching. This is a method frequently resorted to in dan- gerous cases. The operation is performed in the following manner: Take a sharp penknife and gently introduce it into the paunch between the haunch-bone and the last rib on the left side. This will instantly give vent to a large quantity of fetid air; a small tube of a sufficient length may then be introduced into the wound, and remain until the air is sufficiently evacuated ; afterward take out the tube and lay a pitch-plaster over the orifice. Wounds of this kind are seldom attended with danger ; where it has arisen, it has been occasioned by the injudicious operator introducing his knife into a wrong part. After the wind is expelled and tne body has been reduced to its natural state, give the following: Cordial Drink. — Take anise-seed, diapente, and ele- campane, in powder, each 2 ounces; tincture of rhu- barb, 2 ounces; sweet spirits of nitre, 1 ounce; treacle, 4 tablespoonfuls. Mix, and give it in a quart of warm ale or gruel. This drink may be repeated every other day for two or three times. Another.— T'dkQ anise-seed, grains of paradise, and cumin-seed, each 2 ounces, in powder; spirits of turpentine, 2 tablespoonfuls ; sweet spirits of nitre, 1 ounce ; treacle, 2 tablespoonfuls. Mix, and give them in a quart of warm ale or gruel. This may be repeated once a day for two or three times.