The Scientific American cyclopedia of formulas : partly based upon the twenty-eighth edition of Scientific American cyclopedia of receipts, notes and queries 15,000 formulas / edited by Albert A. Hopkins.
- Albert A. Hopkins
- Date:
- 1910
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The Scientific American cyclopedia of formulas : partly based upon the twenty-eighth edition of Scientific American cyclopedia of receipts, notes and queries 15,000 formulas / edited by Albert A. Hopkins. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(Veterinary) gr.), 12.20; large ordinary eggs (802 gr.), 9.25; Houdan eggs, 8; Brahma, mean, 7.4; Brahma, large, 7.1. VETERINARY FORMULAS Miscellaneous. Anesthetics.—The following are taken from the Revue pharm. des Flandres: 1. —Billroth’s Mixture.—Chloroform, 3 parts; sulphuric ether, 1 part; alcohol, 1 part. 2. —English Mixture.—Sulphuric ether, 3 parts; chloroform, 2 parts; alcohol, 1 part. Mix. 3. — Wachsmith’s Mixture. — Chloro¬ form, 5 parts; oil of turpentine, rectified, 1 part. Condition Powder for Stock.—1.—• Cream of tartar, 5 lb.; sulphur, 5 lb.; white rosin, 5 lb.; gum guaiacum, 3 lb.; potassium nitrate, 2 lb.; gentian, 5 lb.; sulphuret of antimony, 6 oz. Reduce the ingredients to fine powder and mix inti¬ mately. 2. —Sulphur, 2 lb.; fenugreek, 4 lb.; cream tartar, 1 lb.; licorice, 1 lb.; black antimony, y2 lb.; gentian, % lb.; aniseed, % lb.; common salt, 1 lb. Dose, 1 oz. daily for 2 or 3 weeks. 3. —Powdered fenugreek, 3 oz.; pow¬ dered black antimony, 2 oz.; sulphur, 4 oz.; powdered rosin, 2 oz.; powdered ni¬ trate of potassium, 3 oz.; Epsom salt, 6 oz. 4. —Saltpeter, 1 oz.; ginger, 2 oz.; fenugreek, 3 oz.; black antimony, 1 oz.; licorice, 1 oz.; linseed meal, 8 oz. Embrocations.—1.—White of 3 eggs ; pyroligneous acid, 5 oz.; water, 5 oz.; oil of turpentine, oz.; alcohol, 6 oz. 2. —Spirit of camphor, 1 pt.; tincture of capsicum and myrrh, 12 oz.; oil of turpentine, 12 oz.; linseed oil, 4 oz.; oil of stone (crude petroleum), iy2 pt.; oil of amber, 2 oz.; oil of origanum, 3 oz.; Barbadoes tar, iy2 oz. 3. —Barbed Wire Liniment.—a.—Crude carbolic acid, 4 oz.; pine tar, 4 oz.; oil of spike, 4 oz.; cheap lubricating oil, to make 4 pt. The lubricating oil here mentioned may be any that happens to be on hand, but the best is the heavy, stiff, cheap “black oil” which may be pur¬ chased at about 10 cents a gallon. This oil is a good healing agent of itself, and is also a good disinfectant and insecticide. It is largely used for this latter purpose, and with very satisfactory results. b.—Carbolic acid, % oz.; spirits tur¬ pentine, 1% oz.; pine tar, 2 y2 oz.; fish oil, q. s. 16 oz. M.:—Apply to cuts after (Veterinary) first washing with warm water and cas- tile soap. c. —Carbolic acid, 4 fl.dr.; pine tar, 2 oz.; oil turpentine, 1 fl.oz.; fish oil, to make 1 pt. d. —Raw linseed oil, 10 oz.; pot. ni¬ trate, 1 oz.; lead acetate, 1 oz. ; sulphuric acid, 1 oz.; carbolic acid, y2 oz. Mix carefully. 4.—Magoffin’s Queen Balm.—Camphor, 2 oz.; myrrh, 2 oz.; guaiac, 1 oz.; capsi¬ cum, 2 oz.; oil of sassafras, 1 oz.; oil of hemlock, 1 oz.; alcohol, 1 gal. Macerate, with occasional agitation, for seven days; then filter. For bruises, sprains, frostbites, burns, rheumatism, ulcers, etc., use by applying freely to all parts affected, “warming it in” well with warm flannel. Magoffin's Horse and Cattle Powder.— Powdered copperas, 5 lb.; powdered rosin, 5 lb.; powdered sulphur, 5 lb.; powdered saltpeter, 3 lb.; ground oil cake, 10 lb.; powdered asafetida, 3 lb.; powdered alum, 3 lb. Mix carefully by means of sieve. Directions: Give a horse a heaping spoon¬ ful every morning, in wet oats or proven¬ der, for six or eight mornings; afterward the same every other day for a few days. The same dose for a hog or cow and double the quantity for an ox. Cattle. L—Calf Meal.—Pea meal, 3y2 lb.; len¬ til meal, 3 y2 lb.; fenugreek, y2 lb.; bar¬ ley meal, 14 lb.; crushed linseed, 7 lb. Mix.—Chem. and Drug. 2.—Nutritive Powder for Cattle.—a.— Fenum grecum, 4; linseed, 4; juniper berries, 4; rosin, 4; mustard, 4; Glau¬ ber’s salt, 3; common salt, 3; flowers of sulphur, 3; green vitriol, 3; black anti¬ mony, 1; Chili saltpeter, 1; coriander, 1. b. —Sulphide of antimony, 4; flowers of sulphur, 4; bean or malt flour, 225. Dose, 1 tablespoonful-in the feed. c. —Flowers of sulphur, 2; fenugreek seed, 4; tartar, 1; licorice, 1; Chili salt¬ peter, 1; sulphide of antimony, 0.5; gen¬ tian, 0.25; aniseed, 0.25; common salt, 1. Dose, 1 oz. daily for two or three weeks. d. —Gentian, 4; licorice, 4; fenugreek, 16; saltpeter, 4; common salt, 4. e. —Aromatic powder,. 2; asafetida, 0.25; tartar, 0.75; sulphide of antimony, 0.5. f. —Sulphide of antimony, 10; flowers of sulphur, 9; elm bark, 4; rosin, 2; Chili saltpeter, 2; aniseed, 1. Dose, heaped tablespoonful once or twice a day. S-—Anhydrous green vitriol, 5; can- tharides, 1; ginger, 3; sulphide of anti- [49]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31361523_0063.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
