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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![Pulverize the senna with the coriander seeds, and sift out ten ounces of the powder. The remainder must be boiled with figs and liquorice in four pints of water, till reduced to half the quantity; then strain and press out the liquor, and evaporate it to the weight of a pound and a half, or somewhat less. In this dissolve the sugar, as to make it into sirup, which must be added, by little at a time* to the pulps; afterwards mix in the powder before separated by the sieve. This electuary may be given to the quantity of six or eight ounces, once a day, in fevers, &c., to loosen the belly. [See its use in divers places in this work.] OXYCROCEUM PLAISTER. Take Burgundy pitch and yellow wax, each one pound ; galbanum and tar, each half a pound ; saffron, rubbed into powder, two ounces: let the pitch, wax, and galbanum be melted together over a gentle fire ; then add the tar and saffron, and make the whole into paste. This composition is calculated to strengthen and brace the-relaxed parts. [See its particular use in. pages 08, 81, and 82.]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22038619_0195.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
