The druggist's general receipt book : comprising a copious veterinary formulary, with numerous recipes in patent and proprietary medicines, druggists' nostrums, etc. : perfumery and cosmetics; beverages, dietetic articles, and condiments : trade chemicals, scientific processes, and an appendix of useful tables / by Henry Beasley.

Beasley, Henry

Date:: 1871

Credit: The druggist's general receipt book : comprising a copious veterinary formulary, with numerous recipes in patent and proprietary medicines, druggists' nostrums, etc. : perfumery and cosmetics; beverages, dietetic articles, and condiments : trade chemicals, scientific processes, and an appendix of useful tables / by Henry Beasley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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OINTMENTS. 189 of turpentine, and ^ oz. of bole ; mix, and apply two or three times a day.—Downing. 4, Spirit of camphor 1 oz., mercurial ointment 1 oz., elder ointment 8 oz.—Youatt. 5. In obstinate cases. Iodide of potassium 1 part, lard 7 parts. To be rubbed in once daily.—Spooner. FOOT OINTMENT (for all domestic animals). Equal parts of tar, lard, and resin, melted together. OINTMENT FOR ULCERS ABOUT THE JOINTS. Equal parts of basilicon and citrine ointments,—Clater. HEALINO AND CLEANSING OINTMENT. Lard 2 Yb, yellow resin |- R); melt together, and when it begins to cool, add calamine in powder ^ ft). APPLICATION TO WOUNDS. Mix the whites of eggs with flour to a proper consistence. Applied over the part, it soon dries, and shields it from the air. DIGESTIVE OINTMENT. 1. Lard, common turpentine, of each 4 oz.; melt, and add 1 oz. powdered verdigris.— White. 2. Boil leaves of black hellebore with an equal weight of lard, until the leaves are crisp ; strain, and add an equal weight of common turpentine. [A similar ointment made with ivy leaves is likewise very stimulating.] OINTMENT FOR FOUL IN THE FOOT, OR LOW. 1. Melt 4 oz. of lard with 4 oz. of common turpentine, and add 1 oz. of finely powdered sulphate of copper, stir- ring until cold.—White. 2. Melt together equal weights of soft soap and common turpentine.—Skerret. OINTMENT FOR CANCEROUS TUMORS. Hydriodate of potash ^ oz., hot water ^ oz.; dissolve, and mix with 2 oz. of lard. CHARGE FOR OLD STRAINS. Burgundy pitch 4 oz., common pitch 4 oz., wax 2 oz., tar 6 oz.; apply hot, and cover with cut tow.

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