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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![lb. of rye or barley and 105 lb. of wheat bran. Founder.—1.— (White).—Capsicum, 30 gr.; tincture aconite root, 15 drops ; cider vinegar, 6 oz.; water, 1 pt. Mis. Give as a drench and blanket the animal. After two hours give one pint of raw linseed oil. 2. — (Biddle).—Tincture aconite root, 10 drops ; tartar emetic, 15 gr.; saltpeter, 1 dram; ginger, 2 drams; linseed meal, 1 oz. Make into bolus. Give at once and repeat every six hours if required. 3. — (Biddle).—Soap liniment, 3 oz.; aqua ammonia, 1 oz.; spirits camphor, 1 oz.; oil turpentine, 4 drams ; oil pepper¬ mint, 2 drams; tincture capsicum, 2 drams; tincture opium, 4 drams; petro¬ leum, 2 oz. Mix. Rub the legs well three times during the day and at night. Gall Cures.—Galls on horses produced by badly fitting saddles or harness are hard to cure. The sores should be washed two or three times a day with water and a healing ointment or wash applied by means of a soft cloth or a dusting powder. Some formulas follow : 1. —Zinc oxide, 1 oz.; water, 1 oz.; mutton tallow, 2% oz.; la*d, 5 oz. 2. —Tannic acid, 1 oz.; powdered cam¬ phor, 2 oz.; zinc oxide, 3 oz. Mix and sift through a fine sieve and dust on the raw places. 3. —Compound tincture of benzoin is a good remedy for sores or cuts on animals. 4. — (Karie).—Red lead, 2 oz.; lead acetate, 1 oz.; beef suet, 12 drams ; lin¬ seed oil, 8 oz. Heat and stir constantly until it assumes a brown color. Apply once daily. 5. — (Martin).—Carbolic acid, 10 m.; tincture aloes, 1 oz.; tincture myrrh, 4 drams; tincture opium, 4 drams; witch hazel water, 4 drams. Mix. Bathe the part often. G.—Zinc oxide, 1 oz.; burnt alum, 1 oz.; camphor, 1 oz.; phenol, % oz.; calo¬ mel, y2 oz. ; bismuth subgallate, % oz.; benzoniated lard, 4 oz.; petrolatum, 12 oz. Mix the powders well together and reduce them to a smooth paste with the camphor, previously dissolved in the phe¬ nol. If desirable to make the paste per¬ fectly smooth, a little castor oil may be used. Now add the lard and petrolatum and mix well. In warm weather 2 ounces of the petrolatum should be replaced by wax. Grease in Horses.—Citrine ointment, 2 oz.; lard, 1 oz.; oil of turpentine, % oz.; saturated solution of copper nitrate, 2 drams. The word “grease” here is the name of the disease, not of the remedy. Hide-Bound.—a.— (Bell).—Fenugreek, 4 oz.; sublimed sulphur, 2 oz.; cream tar¬ tar, 1 oz.; licorice, 1 oz.; saltpeter, 1 oz.; sodium chloride, 1 oz.; black antimony sulphide, 4 drams; gentian, 2 drams; aniseed, 2 drams. Mix. Tablespoonful night and morning. b.—Hide-Bound (Pinkard).—Elecam¬ pane, 2 oz.; licorice root, 2 oz.; fenu¬ greek, 2 oz.; rosin, 2 oz.; copperas, 4 drams; ginger, 2 drams ; gentian, 1 dram ; saltpeter, 1 dram ; valerian, 1 dram ; lin¬ seed meal, 3 oz.; sublimed sulphur, 1 oz.; black antimony sulphide, 4 drams. Mix. Tablespoonful in feed, twice a day. Hoofs.—Grease for: Horse grease, 5,000 parts; tallow, ordinary quality, 2,000 parts; train oil, 3,000 to 5,000 parts; oleic acid, 1,000 to 1,200 parts; lampblack, sufficient for coloring; nitro- benzol, 100 parts. Cement.—a.—Gum ammoniac, puri¬ fied, 0.3 kilogram ; thick turpentine, 0.1 kilogram. Melt in the water bath and gradually add with constant stirring 0.6 kilogram of gutta percha. If black hoof cement is desired, rub up 20 grams of lampblack with a little turpentine before the melting. For use, soak the mass in hot water and press it into the clefts of the hoof, which have previously been carefully cleaned. b.—Two parts of gutta percha are soft¬ ened with pure water and divided into pieces as large as a nut, then melted over a slow fire in a tinned iron pan, con¬ stantly stirring, with 1 part of crushed gum ammoniac, until the mass has ac¬ quired the color and appearance of choco¬ late. Before using, the mass must be melted again and is then applied with a warm knife blade to the cracks and splits in a horse’s hoof, just as a glazier works with his putty, the hoof having previously been carefully cleansed. The mass hard¬ ens so that it will allow of nails being driven into it. Influenza (Caulk).—Ammonia muri¬ ate, 12 drams ; gum camphor, 4 drams ; potash chlorate, 1 oz.; powdered extract licorice, 2 oz.; molasses, sufficient. Make into a mass. Dose : A tablespoonful, in form of bolus, night and morning. Knee Ointment.—Mercurial ointment, 2 oz.; honey, 1 oz.; camphor, 2 drams; burned cork, powdered, 2 drams. Lameness.—The following will not cure, nor is it suitable if the lameness is severe and of long standing: Oil ori¬ ganum, y2 oz.; soap liniment, 1 oz.; tinc¬ ture of opium, 1 oz.; spirits turpentine, [54]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31361523_0068.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
