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.
1. Common verdigris 1/2 oz., calamine 1/2 oz., sulphate of zinc 1 dr., tar 3 oz. - Blaine.
2. Blue vitriol 2 oz., white vitriol 1 oz., rubbed down and mixed with lard 2
., tar 1
; a pledget of tow covered with it to be introduced into the cleft of the frog every night, and renewed in the morning. - Youatt.
3. Thrush Paste. - Alum, blue vitriol, white vitriol, of each 1 oz.; rub them into a fine powder; melt 2
of tar with 1
of lard, and when getting cool, stir in the powder. - Clater.
4. Verdigris 1 1/2 oz. (or burnt alum 8 oz.), red lead 8 oz., treacle 4
; boil to a proper consistence, and add 1 oz. of nitrons acid. - Feron.
5. Barbadoes tar 4 oz., sulphuric acid 1/2 oz. - Spooner.
6. In Canker. Tar 4 parts, nitric acid 1 part; mix. - Morton.
 
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