times round first; he may be quiet, or struggle violently.
Treatment--If the horse be full and well fed, take 3 or 4 quarts
of blood at once; cease using him for a time, and give him an
occasional physic ball or powdered aloes 6 drachms and a little
in honey.
355. GREEN OINTMENT
Take of lard, 6 lbs., put into a ten gallon kettle; add 2 gallons
of water; cut jimpson seeds and fill them in, and cook from 4 to 6
hours slowly, till all the water is gone; then put into jars, and
add to each pound of ointment one ounce of turpentine. Good for
galls, cuts, scratches, &c.
356. HOOF EVIL OR THRUSH GREASE HEELS
Bleed and physic, and poultice the feet with boiled turnips and some
finely ground charcoal at night, for two or three nights; then wash
the feet clean with castile soap and soft water, and apply the blue
ointment every day; keep the horse on a floor and he will be well in
12 days.
357. BLUE OINTMENT
Take the ointment of rosin, 4 ozs; finely ground verdigris, 1/2 oz;
turpentine, 2 oz; mutton tallow, 2 lbs; oil of origanum, 1/2 oz;
tincture of iodine, 1/2 oz. Mix all together. This is one of the
best medicines that can be made for scratches, hoof-evil, and cuts,
and is good to apply on fistula after the rowels have been taken
out. It is as good for human as horse flesh.
358. HOOF BOUND OR TENDER FEET
Never have the feet spread at the heels, nor rasped about the nail
holes; use the liquid, and apply it according to directions. For
hoof bound or tender feet, apply it all around the top of the hoof
down one inch every day. First have a stiff shoe on the foot, and
cleanse the cut or cork. Never cut or burn for it.
359. HOOF LIQUID
Take of linseed or neatsfoot oil, 1/2 a pint; turpentine, 4 oz; oil
of tar, 6 oz; origanum, 3 oz; mix and shake well together.
360. HOOF AIL
Apply blue vitriol, and put on a tarred rag to keep out the dirt.
361. BIG, OR MILK LEG
Apply the liquid blister every there hours until it blisters; then
in six hours grease with soft oil of any kind; then in eight days
wash the part clean, and apply it again. Repeat it there or four
times, then use the iodine ointment. If this does not remove it all,
apply the ringbone and spavin medicine, this will remove it all.
362. IODINE OINTMENT
Get 1 oz. of the grease iodine, put in 1 pint of alcohol; let this
stand in the sun two days, and you have the tincture of iodine. Take
2 oz. of the tincture and 1/2 lb. of lard; mix well, and you have
the iodine ointment.
363. SPRAIN IN THE STIFLE
Symptoms--The horse holds up his foot, moans when moved, swells in
the stifle. This is what is called stifling; there is no such thing
as this joint getting out of place.
Treatment--Bleed two gallons, foment the stifle with hot water, rub
it dry, then bathe it well with the general liniment every morning
and night, give him mash, and he will soon be well. Never allow any
stifle-shoe or cord on the foot or leg.
364. GENERAL LINIMENT
Take of turpentine, 1/2 pint; linseed oil, 1/2 pint; aqua-ammonia,
4 oz.; tincture of iodine, 1 oz.; shake all well together. This is
used for different things spoken of in the different receipts, sores
or swellings, sprains, &c.
365. LIQUID BLISTER
Take of alcohol, 1 pint; turpentine, 1/2 pint; aqua-ammonia, 4 oz.;
oil of origanum, 1 oz.; mix, apply this as spoken of, every three
hours until it blisters.
366. TO CURE CORNS
Take of the shoe, cut out the corns, and drop in a few drops of
muriatic acid, then make the shoes so they will not bear on the part
affected. Apply the hoof liquid to the hoof to remove the fever.
This is a sure cure for corns in horses.
367. WATER FARCY, OR DROPSY
This is a swelling along under the chest, and forward to the breast;
bleed, rowel in the breast and along the swelling, six inches apart,
apply the general liniment to the swelling, move the rowels every
day, let them stay in until the swelling goes down. Give soft food,
mashes, with the cleansing powder in them.
368. CLEANSING POWDER
This is to be used when the blood is out of order. It is good to
restore lost appetite, good for yellow water, whenever it is to be
used it is spoken of in the receipts. Take of good ginger 1 lb.,
powdered gentian 4 oz., crude antimony 1/2 oz., mix well together.
Give one large spoonful every day in wet food. This is perfectly
safe.
369. POLL EVIL
Cure before it breaks, run a rowel or seaton from the lower part
of the top through the centre of the enlargement, then make the
following lotion. Take of sal-ammoniac 2 oz., spirts of turpentine
1/2 a pint, linseed oil 4 oz., and spirits of tar 4 oz., shake well,
and apply it all over the swelling every other day. Let the seaton
stay in until all the swelling is gone down, move it every day, and
when all is gone throw it out. Bleed when you first open it, and
keep the part clean.
370. GLANDERS
Bleed copiously, put a rowel or seaton of polk root between the jaw
and breast, put tar thoroughly up the nostrils twice a day. This is
the best remedy ever in use.
371. FRESH WOUNDS
If there is an artery cut, tie it if possible; if not possible, or
if there is much bleeding without the separation of an artery, apply
the following wash: nitrate of silver 4 grains, soft water 1 oz.,
wet the wound with this, then draw the edges together by stitches
one inch apart, then wash clean, and if any swelling in twenty-four
hours, bleed and apply the blue ointment, or any of the liniments
spoken of, Keep the bowels open.
372. THE LIVER
In disease of the liver or yellow water, give the following ball
every morning until it operates upon the bowels. Take of aloes 7
drachms, calomel 1 drachm, ginger 4 drachms, and molassas enough to
make it into a ball, wrap it in a paper and give it; give scalded
bran and oats, grass if it can be got; when his bowels have moved,
stop the physic, and give 1 oz. spirits of camphor in half a pint of
water, every morning, for twelve days, rowel in the breast, and give
a few doses of cleansing powder. Turn him out.
373. BALLS FOR WORMS IN HORSES
Take of barbadose aloes 6 drachms, powdered ginger 1-1/2 oz., oil of
wormwood 20 drops, powdered natron 2 drachms, and molassas to form a
ball.
374. BALLS FOR HIDE BOUND
Take of barbadose aloes 1 oz., castile soap 9 drachms, and ginger 6
drachms. Make into a ball.
375. HEALING OINTMENT
Take of lard 5 parts, rosin 1 part, melt them together; when they
begin to get cool add two parts of calamine powder, stirring well
till cool. If the wound is unhealthy add a little turpentine.
376. GALLS ON HORSES
Bathe the parts affected with spirits saturated with alum.
377. GRUBS IN HORSES
Take of red precipitate a teaspoonful, form into a ball, repeat if
necessary in 30 minutes.
378. STIFF SHOULDERS OR SWEENEY
Rowel from the top of the shoulder blade down as far as there is no
pealing. First cut through the skin, and then two thin fibres or
strippings, use the blunt needle, move it back and forwards five or
six inches, draw in a tape or seaton, and the next morning wet it
with tincture of cantharides, do this every other day, move them
every day, wash the part clean, let the tape stay in until the
matter changes to blood, this is for both diseases. Let him run out
if possible. He will be well in six or eight weeks. If for sweeney
you may work him all the time.
379. SICK STOMACH IN HORSES
Bleed half a gallon, then if he will eat a mash give him one, give
no hay, then give him 1/2 oz. of rhubarb every night until it moves
his bowels, then take of gentian root 4 oz., fenu-greek 2 oz., nitre
1/2 oz., mix and give a large spoonful every day. Do not give him
too much to eat when his appetite returns.
380. LUNG FEVER
Bleed four gallons from the neck vein, and take 1 oz. of aquanite,
add to it half a gallon of cold water, drench him with a gill of it
every three hours, drench him over the lungs, then give him water to
drink that hay has been boiled in, and to each gallon of it add 1
oz. of gum-arabic, and 1/2 oz. of spirits of nitre; give this every
four hours; foment and rub the legs with alcohol and camphor, until
they get warm; do not move the horse. Keep him in open stall if hot
weather.
381. EYE WASH FOR HORSES
Take of sugar of lead, 2 drachms; white vitriol, 1 drachm; and soft
water, 1 quart; mix and dissolve; wash the eyes out well every
morning, having first washed then well with cold water, continue
this for three or four weeks; and then, if the eyes are not much
better, bleed and give a mild physic. The horse should be kept on
low diet, and not over heated or worked too hard. Scalded shorts
or oats are good.
382. MANGE AND SURFEIT
Bleed and physic, then take sulphur, 1/2 lb.; and lard, 2 lbs.; mix
well; grease the part affected every three or four days; stand the
horse in the sun until it dries in; give him a few doses of the
cleansing powder.
383. CONTRACTION OF THE NECK
If it is taken in the first stages, bleed from the neck 2 galls.;
then ferment or bathe the part well with hot water; rub it dry, and
apply the general lineament every day, two or three times; this will
cure if it is of long standing. Then blister all along the part
affected with the liquid blister. Do this every three weeks until
he is well, and rub with the white ointment. Do not work the horse
till well.
384. WHITE OINTMENT
For rheumatism, sprains, burns, swelling, bruises, or any
inflammation on man or beast, chapped hands or lips, black eyes,
or any kind of bruises. Take of fresh butter 2 lbs.; tincture of
iodine, 1/2 oz.; oil of origanum, 2 ozs.; mix well for fifteen
minutes, and it is fit for use; apply it every night; rub it in
well with your hand.
385. OLD HORSES YOUNG
Drops to make old horses as lively as young. Take the tincture of
assafoetida, 1 oz.; tincture of cantharides, 1 oz.; antimony, 2 oz.;
fenugreek, 1 oz.; and fourth proof brandy, 1/2 gal.; mix all and let
stand ten or twelve days; then give ten drops in a pail, or one
gallon, of water.
386. RHEUMATIC LINEAMENT
Take of alcohol, 1/2 pint; oil of origanum, 1/2 oz.; cayenne pepper,
1/2 oz.; gum myrrh, 1/2 oz.; and lobelia, 1 teaspoonful; mix and let
stand one day; then bathe the part affected.
387. TO KILL LICE ON CATTLE
Take of buttermilk, 1 quart; salt, 1/3 pint; mix and dissolve; pour
this along the back, letting it run down each side; if this should
ever fail use the water in which potatoes have been boiled, in the
same way, it will be effectual.
388. HORSES FROM FIRE
The difficulty of getting horses from burning stables is well known.
The remedy is to blindfold them perfectly, and by gentle usage, they
may be easily led out. If you like you may also throw the harness
upon them.
389. SNOW BALLS
To prevent snow balls on horses' feet clean their hoofs well, and
rub with soft soap before going out in the snow.
390. ROT IN SHEEP
To prevent and cure this keep them from exposure in bad weather, and
above all from wet pasture; pair their hoofs into the quick, and
put them to stand occasionally in quick lime for a few hours. This
cauterizes the disease and generally affects a cure. To destroy the
flukes and worms, give the following: take of common salt 8 oz.,
spirits of turpentine 2 oz.; put in a quart bottle and add water
till filled; give one teaspoonful morning and night for eight days.
391. DISTEMPER IN HOGS
To cure this take equal parts of sulphur and copperas; pulverise
them well together, and give one teaspoonful every three days in
the slop.
392. CURE FOR SWELLED CATTLE
If the beast affected is full grown, administer one English pint of
train oil, and smaller doses in proportion to the age. The cure is
certain. The above medicines from receipt No. 331 are for horses,
cattle, &c.
393. A TURKISH PREPARATION FOR LADIES
Take of best white wine vinegar 1 quart; of best brazil wood 1/2 lb.
Infuse together for four days; then boil for half an hour, strain
through a linen cloth, and place the liquid again over the fire.
Having dissolved 1/4 lb. of alum in a pint of white wine vinegar,
mix both liquids together and stir them well. Take the scum that
arises on the surface, gradually dry and powder it, and it is ready
for use.
394. MINCE PIE
This is the manner in which mince pie was prepared for the Prince
of Wales in New York. The articles of three following receipts were
also prepared for him in that city; take of moist sugar 1 lb.,
currants 1 lb., suet well mashed 1 lb., apples cut very fine 1 lb.,
best raisins, stoned and cut very small 1/4 lb., the juice of five
Seville oranges, the juice of two lemons, the rind of one mashed
fine, a glass of brandy, and mace and nutmeg to suit your taste.
Put all together in a pan and tie up closely.
395. HONEY CAKE
Take of loaf sugar 1/2 lb., honey 3/4 lb., of orange peel cut very
fine 1/2 oz., of cinnamon 1/2 oz., ginger 1/2 oz., one quarter of a
citron, four eggs well beaten, and a pound of sifted flour. First
melt the honey and sugar together, then mix all. Make into any shape
you please.
396. SODA BISCUITS
Take of butter 2 oz., sugar 4 oz., cream tartar 1/4 oz., two eggs;
one teaspoonful of soda, and a half pint of sweet milk. Stir quite
still, &c.
397. BEEF STEAK
Put two large onions, peeled and sliced, into a stew-pan, put in
a little water, cover closely, set on a slow fire until the water
is all gone, then add 1/2 a pint of good broth, and boil till the
onions are tender, now strain off the broth, chop the onions fine,
and season to your taste with mushroom catsup, salt and pepper, let
it boil for five minutes, with the onion in it, then pour it into
the dish, and lay a broiled steak over it. Good beef gravy is far
superior to broth. In broiling your steak use a strong fire.
398. WEDDING CAKE
Take of flour, 18lbs.; fine sugar, 10 lbs.; butter, 9 lbs.; 11
nutmegs; 18 eggs; milk, 5 quarts; yeast, 1 quart; fruit, 10 lbs.;
mace, 1 oz.; wine 1 quart; and brandy, 1 pint. Roll the butter and
sugar together, then mix all the rest with them, putting the fruit
in last, just before it is put in the oven.
399. DOMESTIC YEAST
Take of good flour, 1 lb.; brown sugar, 1/4 lb.; water, 2 galls.;
and a little salt. Boil all together for one hour. When milk warm,
bottle and cork it tightly. It will be fit for use in 24 hours.
One pint of this is sufficient for 18 lbs. of bread.
400. TO PRODUCE MUSHROOMS
If the water wherein mushrooms have been steeped be poured upon an
old bed, or if the broken parts of mushrooms be strewed thereon,
there will speedily arise great numbers.
401. HOW TO MAKE CIDER INTO WINE
Take of good cider, 25 galls.; brandy, 1gall.; crude tartar, 1 lb.;
of the wine you wish to resemble, 5 galls.; of milk to settle it, 1
pint. Mix all together, and let it stand for 24 hours, and then draw
off, being careful not to draw any of the sediment.
402. SUBSTITUTE FOR CREAM
Take two or there whole eggs, beat them well up in a basin; then
pour boiling hot tea over them; pour it gradually to prevent
curdling. It is difficult from the taste to distinguish it from
rich cream.
403. TO PRESERVE FRESH MEATS
Meat may be kept for several days in the height of summer sweet and
good by lightly covering it with bran, and hanging it in some high,
or windy room, or in a passage where there is a current of air.
404. GRAFTING WAX
Take of tallow one part, beeswax two parts, and resin four parts;
melt them together and dip strips of rags in the mixture while hot,
and use them for grafting.
405. FOR THE TEETH
Cuvileer's grand preparation for beautifying the teeth. Take of
chloride of lime one part, prepared chalk 15 parts, pulverised
peruvian bark 1/2 a part and a little otto of roses; mix all well
together and it is ready for use.
406. TO MAKE HAIR CURL
Take of common soap 2 lbs., spirits of wine 3 pints, and potash 3
oz.; cut the soap small and melt all together, stirring it with a
clean piece of wood; then add a quarter of an ounce each of essence
of amber, vanilla and nevoli, to render the fluid agreeable. Never
use curling irons, for they destroy the hair, rendering it crisp and
harsh. The above may be depended on as being genuine and harmless.
407. TO PRESERVE PORK
Take 1 lb. of black pepper and grind it fine for one barrel of pork,
and sprinkle on each layer until is quite brown, then put on the
salt. It helps to preserve the meat and adds greatly to the smell
and flavour of it.
408. TO RESTORE TAINTED PORK
In warm weather the brine on pork frequently becomes sour, and the
pork tainted; pour off the brine, boil it, skim it well, then pour
it back again upon the meat boiling hot. This will restore it even
where it was much injured.
409. FIRE-PROOF CEMENT
Fire and water proof cement for roofs of houses. Slack stone lime
with boiling water in a covered barrel; when slacked pass six quarts
through a fine sieve; to this add one quart of rock salt, and a
gallon of water, boil the mixture and skim it clean; to every 5
gallons of this add 1 lb. of alum, and 1/2 lb. copperas, and add
by degrees, potash 3/4 lb., and fine sand or wood ashes sifted 4
quarts; colour to suit your taste and apply. It will be as durable
as stone.
410. BUG POISON
Take of spirits of wine 1/2 pint, turpentine 1/2 pint, crude
sal-ammoniac 1 oz; mix all together and let it saturate for seven
days, and it is ready for use.
411. DISINFECTING AGENT
Take of green vitriol 3 lbs., hot water one pailful; dissolve the
vitriol in the water; place this wherever there is any offensive
odours, as that of a corpse, cesspool, privies, &c., and in a short
time all smell will be removed. Try it.
412. BOOTH PATENT
Booth's patent grease for railway axles, waggons, machinery, &c.
Take of water 1 gallon, clean tallow 3 lbs.; palm oil 6 lbs., and
common soda 1/2 lbs.; or tallow 8 lbs., and palm oil 10 lbs. The
mixture is to be heated to about 210 degrees, and well stirred till
it cools down to about 70 degrees, when it is ready for use.
413. GUM-ARABIC STARCH
Take 2 oz. of white gum-arabic powdered finely; put it into a
pitcher and pour on it a pint of boiling water; then cover it and
let stand all night; in the morning pour it carefully from the dregs
into a clean bottle; cork and keep it for use. A tablespoonful of
this gum water stirred into a pint of starch that has been made in
the usual manner will give to launs either black, white, or printed,
the appearance of new, to which nothing else can restore them after
washing. It is a good article for collars and shirt bosoms; also,
when much diluted, for thin white muslin and bobbinet.
414. ROMAN OR MASTIC CEMENT
Take of pulverised sand stone sifted fine, 20 lbs., litharge 2 lbs.,
mix both well with linseed oil to the consistency of paste; brush
both broken parts over; press them snugly together, and let them
dry, this forms an excellent cement.
415. PORTABLE BALLS
For taking stains out of cloths, &c.--Dry fullers' earth so as to
crumble it into powder, and moisten it well with lemon juice; add a
quantity of pure pulverised pearl-ash, and work the whole up into a
thick paste with a little water; roll it into small balls; let them
completely dry in the sun, and they will be fit for use. The manner
of using them is to moisten, with water, the spots on the cloth,
rubbing the ball over, and leaving it to dry in the sun. On washing
the spots in the water they will immediately disappear.
416. CLOTH, RAIN PROOF, &c.
To render cloth wind and rain proof. Boil together 2 lbs. of
turpentine, 1 lb. of litharge in powder, and 2 or 3 pints of linseed
oil. The article is then to be brushed over with this varnish, and
dried in the sun.
417. CHOICE CEMENT
A choice cement for china, crockery, and glass. Take of white glue
1/2 lb., dry white lead 1/2 lb., alcohol 1/4 pint, and rain water 1
quart; put the glue, alcohol, and water into a tin pan together; let
stand until the glue is soft; then set the pan into a kettle of hot
water, occasionally stirring it until the glue is about dissolved;
then add the lead, being previously powdered, and stir until it is
about dissolved. Bottle while warm, and it is ready for use. If cold
when about to be used, set the bottle in warm water until soft; then
apply while soft to both edges, set together and let then dry.
418. MAHOGANY STAIN
Take of chip logwood 1 lb., sal-soda two pence worth, water 1
gallon, boil all together, apply it while hot, to every kind of
white wood, using a brush or sponge, and it will produce a most
beautiful mahogany colour.
419. MAHOGANY COLOUR
Method of darkening every sort of wood. Take soap suds, wash your
wood with it; every coat you put on will make it a shade darker.
420. SATIN WOOD STAIN
Take of water 1 quart, fustic 2 oz., and the size of a small nut of
alum; boil all together, apply it while hot, and it will produce
a most beautiful yellow. When the article to which this has been
applied has got perfectly dry, rub it over with lime water, and it
will make a beautiful red.
421. RED STAIN
Take of water 1 quart, brazil dust 2 oz., and the size of a nut of
alum; boil together, apply while hot and the stain is red; when dry,
wash it over with lime water, and it will be a beautiful purple.
422. BROWN STAIN
Take of water 1 quart, logwood 2 oz., and one penny worth of soft
soap, (such as is kept in bladders, by druggists), boil them
together, apply while hot, and it will be brown; let it dry, and
apply lime water, and you will have a beautiful black.
423. SCARLET STAIN
Take a solution of aqua-fortis in water, apply it to the black, and
it will produce a beautiful scarlet.
424. BRUSH VARNISH
Take of spirits of wine 1 pint, gum benzion half a pound; dissolve
the gum in the spirits. It may be laid on with a camel hair brush,
or a small piece of wool rolled in old cotton.
425. TO BORE GLASS
Fill a vial with turpentine spirits, dissolve in it as much camphor
as it will take, insert then into this liquid the point of a common
diamond pointed drill, and with it you can bore glass as fast as
you please.
426. GERMAN SILVER
Take of nickle 25 parts, zinc 25 parts, copper 50 parts, melt all
together, and you have good german silver.
427. BRASS
Brass is made by melting together a little less than two parts of
copper, and one part of zinc.
428. CHEMICAL SOAP
This is for washing cloths with one-half the labour of that with
common bar soap. Take 16 lbs. English bar white soap, 3-1/2 lbs.
sal-soda, 1 lb. pulverized rosin, 8 oz. salt; put these into 5
gallons soft water over a fire until dissolved; then put the same
into a barrel, and fill it with cold water, after which add 2 oz.
spirits of turpentine, and stir while cooling.
429. ENGLISH BAR SOAP
Take of water 6 gallons, good stone lime 3 lbs., sal-soda 20 lbs.,
borax 4 oz., fat 15 lbs., (tallow is best,) pulverized rosin 10
lbs., and 4 oz. of beeswax; put the water in a kettle on the fire,
and when nearly boiling, add the lime and sal-soda; when these are
dissolved, add the borax, boil gently and stir until this is also
dissolved, then add the fat, rosin and beeswax, and boil all very
gently until it shows flaky on the stick, then pour into moulds.
430. BROWN WINDSOR SOAP
This is made by colouring the English bar soap with the precipitate
of iron, Venetian red, or vandyke brown, and scenting while not too
hot with any of the essential oils, or a mixture of them according
to fancy.
431. YELLOW SOAP
This is made in the same way as the English bar soap, except that
you add three percent of palm oil, deducting the same amount of fat.
432. SOLID LARD CANDLES
Dissolve 1/4 lb. of alum, and 1/4 lb. of saltpetre in 1/2 a pint
of water on a slow fire; then take 3 lbs. of lard cut into small
pieces, and put into the pot with this solution, stirring it
constantly over a very moderate fire until the lard is all
dissolved; then let it simmer until all steam ceases to rise, and
then at once remove it from the fire. If you leave it too long
it will become discoloured. These candles are harder and better
than tallow.
433. MEDICINES
The following medicines are for man, while those commencing at
receipt No. 331, and ending at No. 392 are for horses, cattle, &c.,
unless when stated to the contrary.
434. FOR DROPSY
Take of powdered jalap 5 gr., powdered rhubarb 5 gr., powdered
scammony 5 gr., powdered elaterium 1/2 gr., bitartrate of potash 1/2
drm., sulphate of potash 1/2 drm., and syrup of ginger sufficient to
make into pills; mix and divide into five pills. These five pills
given at once form an excellent hydragogue cathartic to clear the
chest, relieve breathing and diminish the dropsical effusion.
435. ANTIBILIOUS PILLS
Take of camomel 20 grs., jalap powder 20 grs., tartar-emetic 2 grs.,
and syrup sufficient to form into pills; divide into eight pills.
The dose is tow at bed time; repeated in the morning if necessary.
This forms an excellent antibilious pill.
436. JAUNDICE