Manuscript Cookbook 014

Ring Bone Remedy 2 oz Pulverised cantharides 2 " Oil Spike 2 " " of Origanum 2 " " " Amber 2 " " " Ceder 2 " Barbados Tar 2 " British Oil 1 " Oil Wormwood 4 " Spirits Turpentine 1/2 " Common potash 6 " nitric acid 4 " Oil vitriol Lard 3 lbs Directions melt the lard and slowly add the acids Stir well then add the others stiring until cold

(an other) Take alcohol 1 pt Sal ammoniac corrosive sublimate Oil spike of each 1 oz & mix well

Ring Bone & Spavin cure of Venise Turpentine 2 oz Spanish Flies 2 oz Euphorbium 1 oz Aqua Ammonia 1 oz Red Precipitate 1/2 oz Corrosive Sublimate 1/4 " Lard 1 1/2 lbs. Pulversie all fine & put in the lard. Simmer slowly over coals for 20 minutes then settle and pore of all but the settlings. when cold it is ready for use.

Bone Spavin Past Corrosive Sublimate 1 oz Quicksilver 1 oz Iodine 1 oz with lard enough to form the past. Rub the quicksilver and Iodine together first

Sweenie Liniment Alcohol 8 oz Spirits Turpentine 8 oz Camphor Gum 1 " Pulverised Canthariades 1 " [Capsecum crossed out] Oil ceder 1 " Oil Spike 3 " Mix well and then it is ready for use.

General Ointment Rosin 4 oz Bees wax 4 " Lard 8 " Honey 2 " Melt these articles slowly bringing to a boil. then remove from the fire and then add slowly a little less than a pint of turpentine stiring all the time you are adding the turpentine & stir till cool.

Best Condition Powders Take of dark brown sugar 3 lbs & Epsom Salts 1/2 lb & Salt peter 1/4 lb mix all together Dose is a tablespoon full to a horse on his feed

To Cure Small Pox or scarlet fever. Sulphate of zinc 1 grain Digitalis 1 " Of Sugar 1/2 a teaspoonful; all is mix with two tablespoonfulls of water (soft water) when thoroughly mixed add 4 oz of water Dose Take a spoonful every hour Either disease will disappear in 12 hours. For children from 1/2 to a teaspoonful & more according to age.

For Coffin Joint Receipt Oil ceder 1 oz Oil of Turpentine 2 oz strong camphor Camphorated spirits of wine 2 oz Tincture of spanish flies 1/2 oz Oil Spike 2 oz Salade Oil 3 oz Apply to the bottom & in the pollow under the fetlock 3 times a day & give rest for a week or two heat in with a flat iron on the foot

For Strains Camphor Gum 2 oz Red ceder oil 1 " Oil hemlock " 1 " Oreganum " 1 " Spirits Turpentine 1 " Black Oil 1" [unclear] 1 1/2 pts Mix & shake [unclear] for use