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. Quicksilver 1
Venice turpentine 1/2
; rub them together until the globules are no longer visible; then add 1/2 pint of oil of turpentine, and 4
of lard. The mode of applying this ointment is as follows: - Begin at the head of the sheep, and proceeding from between the ears along the back to the end of the tail, divide the wool in a furrow till the skin can be touched; and let a finger slightly dipped in the ointment be drawn along the bottom of the furrow. From this furrow similar ones must be drawn along the shoulders and thighs to the legs, as far as the wool extends. And if much infected, 2 or more should also be drawn along each side, parallel with that on the back; and one down each side before the hind and fore legs. It kills the sheep-fag, and probably the tick and other vermin. It should not be used in very cold or wet weather. - Sir Joseph Banks.
2. Tar oils. Tobacco juice. Stavesacre. - Finlay Dot.
3. Strong mercurial ointment 1 part, lard 5 parts; mix. - Youatt.
4. Quicksilver 1
Venice turpentine 1/2
. spirit of turpentine 2 oz., lard 4 4 1/2
; to be made and used as No. 1. In summer 1
of resin may be substituted for a like quantity of lard. - Clater.
5. Strong mercurial ointment 1
., lard 4
., oil of turpentine 8 oz., sulphur 12 oz. - White.
6. Mild. Flowers of sulphur 1
Venice turpentine 4 oz., rancid lard 2
., strong mercurial ointment 4 oz.; mix well. - Clater.
7. Lard or other fat, with an equal quantity of oil of turpentine. - Daubeston.
8. Without Mercury. Lard 1
oil of turpentine 4 oz., flowers of sulphur 6 oz. - White.
9. Strong mercurial ointment 1
lard 4
., Venice turpentine 8 oz., oil of turpentine 2 oz. If mixed by heat, care must be taken to use no more heat than is necessary, and to add the oil of turpentine when the other ingredients begin to cool, and to stir till cold. - M'Ewen.
10. Corrosive sublimate 2 oz., white hellebore 3 oz., fish oil 6 quarts, resin 1/2
tallow 1/2
The sublimate and then the hellebore to be rubbed with a portion of the oil till perfectly smooth, and then mixed with the other ingredients melted together. - Stevenson.
11. The following once had considerable local celebrity, but it obviously requires to be used with caution. Dissolve 2 1/2 oz. of corrosive sublimate in the same quantity of muriatic acid, and beat up the solution with 6
of strong mercurial ointment; put it in a large pan, and pour on it 19 1/2
of lard, and 1 1/2
of common turpentine, melted together and still hot, and stir the whole continually until it becomes solid.
 
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