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. A piece of cord or coarse tape; or horse hair and tow, platted together.
2. Irritating. Root of common dock; or of black hellebore.
3. Cotton cord soaked in Morton's cantharidal solution (see Liniments and Embrocations for Horses. Vet. Formulary).
Equal quantities of white, green, and blue vitriol, flour, and bole; beaten up with fresh nettles and a little vinegar.
Sulphate of copper 1/2 oz., prepared chalk 2 oz., powdered alum 1/2 oz., bole 1 oz.; rub together. - Spooner,
 
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