4881. Liniment Volatile, or Magic Pain Killer

4881.     Liniment Volatile, or Magic Pain Killer. Spirit of hartshorn, 1 ounce; olive oil, 11/2 ounces; cayenne pepper, 2 drachms; laudanum, 2 drachms; 1 table-spoonful of salt and 2 of brandy. Shake well in a bottle. Rub the affected part with it, apply afterwards a rag saturated with it. It removes pains and swellings. It is a magic remedy.

4882. Instantaneous Pain Killer

4882.      Instantaneous Pain Killer. Another and even more instant cure of pain is made as follows: Take aqua-ammonia, sulphuric ether, and alcohol, equal parts, and apply over the pain.

4883. Chilblain Liniment

4883.      Chilblain Liniment. Take 1 ounce of camphorated spirit, 1/2 ounce of the liquor of Subacetate of lead. Mix and apply 3 or 4 times a day. This is Sir Astley Cooper's prescription, and a very efficacious remedy for chilblains.

4884. Rheumatic Liniment

4884.     Rheumatic Liniment. Tincture of cayenne, oil of turpentine, olive oil, hemlock oil, gum camphor, sassafras oil, tincture of prickly ash, of each 1 ounce; powdered capsicum, or cayenne, 1 ounce; spirit of wine,

2   quarts; vinegar, 1 quart; ammonia, 1 quart; add 2 ounces gum camphor. Mix, put in a vessel, and stir occasionally till mixed and dissolved. This is a magic liniment, soon giving ease in rheumatic pains, gout, neuralgia, sprains, etc., etc.. It seldom or never fails. "Good Samaritan" is also an excellent remedy for rheumatism. (Sec No. 4858.) Bathe the parts affected freely, and wet a piece of flannel and bind on the parts.

4885. Good Liniment for Rheumatics

4885.    Good Liniment for Rheumatics. Take 1 gill each of alcohol, beef's gall, spirits of turpentine and sweet oil, and 4 ounces gum camphor. Put them all in a bottle and shake it up ; use it 2 or 3 times a day, a tea-spoonful at a time. Apply it to the parts affected, before the fire. It is good, also, for frost-bites.

4886. Liniment for Old Rheumatic Pains

4886.     Liniment for Old Rheumatic Pains. A powerful liniment for old rheumatic pains, especially when affecting the loins, is the following: Camphorated oil and spirits of turpentine, of each 2 parts; water of ammonia, 1 part; laudanum, 1 part; to be well shaken together.

4887. Gebhard's Liniment for Sprains and Bruises

4887.   Gebhard's Liniment for Sprains and Bruises. Mix together 2 ounces each oil of spike and British oil; 1 pint tanner's oil; 1/2 pint spirits of turpentine; put it into an iron or copper kettle placed over a fire, and carefully stir in 1/2 ounce sulphuric acid. When the whole becomes quite hot, cool and bottle. This is an excellent liniment for all kinds of sprains and bruises, and for horses or cattle it cannot be surpassed.

4888. Stimulating Liniment

4888.      Stimulating Liniment. Cayenne, 11/2 ounces; salt, 1 table-spoonful; spirits of wine, 2 ounces; camphor, 1/2 ounce ; spirits of turpentine, 1/4 pint. Bottle, and shake now and then during one day. Then add 1/2 pint vinegar. It is excellent for sponging the body in cases of pain, debility, inflammation, rheumatism, gout, sore throat, numbness, neuralgia, etc..