This section is from the book "The Druggist's General Receipt Book", by Henry Beasley. Also available from Amazon: The druggist's general receipt book.
2 oz., oil of cantharides 4 drs. - Morton.
Extract of lead 1/2 oz., vinegar 1 oz., olive oil 2 oz. - White.
1. Equal parts of oil of tar, oil of turpentine, and seal oil. Apply every second clay for 2 or 3 times, then wash. - V. C.
2. Sulphur 4 oz., turpentine 4 oz., oil of tar and train oil 6 or 8 oz. The parts to he first washed with soft soap, and dried.
3. For lice: Sublimate 1 dr., muriatic acid 3 drs., tobacco water 2 pints, oil of turpentine 4 oz. - White.
4. Liniment for Mange. Goulard's extract of lead 2 oz., olive or rape oil 2 oz., sulphur 1 oz.
See also Caustics and Lotions.
1. Barbadoes tar 1 oz., oil of turpentine 1 1/2 oz.; mix carefully, and add oil of vitriol 1 dr. - White.
2. Butter of antimony alone.
3. Crystallized verdigris in fine powder 1 oz., honey 2 oz., bole and alum, of each 1/2 oz., vinegar to form a liniment; to be mixed over a gentle fire. Greasy applications are to be avoided. - White.
4. Carbolic acid.
See also Detergent Liniments, below.
 
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