Every man his own farrier, or the whole art of farriery laid open : containing cures for every disorder a horse is incident to ... To which is added, an appendix; including several excellent recipes, and preparation of many valuable medicines / By Francis Clater.

Francis Clater

Date:: 1806

Credit: Every man his own farrier, or the whole art of farriery laid open : containing cures for every disorder a horse is incident to ... To which is added, an appendix; including several excellent recipes, and preparation of many valuable medicines / By Francis Clater. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$made use of. It is excellent for cleansing and deterging ulcers, and suppressing fungous flesh; and is preferable, for these purposes, to that before mentioned. These preparations are only for external use. ANOTHER OINTMENT OF JEGYPTIA CUM. Take verdigrease and alum, each three ounce?, in powder; blue vitriol, one ounce, in powder; corrosive sublimate, two drams, in powder; vinegar, fi\e ounces; honey, one pound and a half: boil them c\cr - a slow fire to the consistence of an ointment. When this is used it must be stirred from the bottom of the pot. This is well calculated for a running thrush, or cankered feet, [see the sections on cankered feet and running thrushes,] also, for cleansing, and deterging old ulcers in different parts of the body, and the suppression of fungous flesh. WHITE OINTMENT. Take hog’s lard, two pounds ; goose grease, two pounds ; white lead, in powder, four ounces: melt the lartf and goose grease first; then add the powder, and sti* it about till it is cold or stiff*.$