Five of oxymuriate, Two of sulphur; and
One of charcoal.
I merely give the recipe, in case a sportsman should be in a place
where he cannot buy the composition, as I presume, that no one in
his senses would run the risk of being blown up, in order to make,
perhaps indifferently, what he could so cheaply purchase in
perfection.—_Hawker._
We entirely agree with the colonel—and caution insurance companies
against gentlemen who would attempt a home manufacture.
DIABETES, _s._ A morbid copiousness of urine.
_Diabetes_ consists in an excessive discharge of urine, attended with
great thirst, and sometimes with a gradual loss of flesh and great
debility. The urine is sometimes limpid and transparent like water; at
others high coloured, and of a very offensive smell. In slight or recent
cases of diabetes a cure may generally be accomplished by the following
ball, provided the cause is removed, which is generally new hay, new
oats, musty hay or oats, or some other unwholesome provender. But in the
confirmed diabetes, when the urine has become stinking and high
coloured, the cure is more difficult. Rest, or voluntary exercise only,
and a light nutritious diet, are necessary.