The pocket farrier, or, Approved receipts : collected from different authors with an intent to cure or assist any immediate accidents that may happen to a horse till further help can be had.

Date:
1807
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The pocket farrier, or, Approved receipts : collected from different authors with an intent to cure or assist any immediate accidents that may happen to a horse till further help can be had. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    of sulphur, 2 do. of ginger, 2 do. of ja- lap, sixty drops of the oil of aniseed, 2 drachms of saffron, powdered fine, mix it up with the sirup of buckthorn and li- quorish powder. 8. A mild gentle Poultice for any thing. Milk half a pint, grated bread, and salad oil three spoonfuls, put the bread and milk together, and when of a boiling heat, add the oil. 9. A Suppurative Poultice. Marsh mallow leaves three handfuls, white lily roots half a pound, linseed bruised four ounces, boiled in water till the whole is pulpy, then add lard to it, to make it supple. Good for the strangles or any swelling tending to matter, applied warm twice a da}': where the swelling is in a glandular pari, and matures slowly, a large onion or two may be added. 10. A Detergent Ointment. The digestive as in No. 1, a pound and and ounce of fine powdered verdigrise.