DISORDER IN SHEEP.
The disorder called the SCAB in sheep is so injurious
to the animal, and so destructive to the wool, that in 
a season when this distemper is liable to spread itself,
it may be acceptable to the farmer to know one recipe,
in addition to those which have been long had recourse 
to in many parts of the country. ONE POUND OF 
QUICKSILVER, HALF A POUND OF VENICE TURPENTINE, 
HALF A PINT OF OIL OF TURPENTINE;
these ingredients are to be rubbed in a morter till the 
quicksilver is well incorporated, the manner of doing 
which may be learned of any apothecary. - The mode 
of applying this remedy is, by dividing the wool, and 
rubbing a little of the liquid into the skin with the 
finger all the way from the poll along the back to the 
tail, and from between the shoulders down the arms as 
far as the wool grows, and from the rump down the 
legs in like manner. Once or twice using is sufficient
but in very bad cases it must be applied on the sides.
A more convenient method than the above is, to rub
some of the composition on the naked part of the thighs
and sore legs; but it requires rather more judgment.
So much is this recipe relied upon, in Lincolnshire,
that there are people who undertake the complaint in 
the large sheep of that county at five shillings per score -
no cure, no pay. The small quantity of wool touched
in applying the liquid will receive a slight blue tinge
of no consequence in its sale. It is not to be made use 
of after Michaelmas; and if a little was applied before 
that time, even when the sheep are not infected, it 
might be advantageous as a preventative.
Mr. KNIGHT, in his report of the transactions
of the Horticultural Society, mentions an improved
method of cultivating the Alpine Strawberry.
The process consists of sowing the seed on 
a moderate hot-bed, in the beginning of April,
and removing the plants, as soon as they have acquired
sufficient strength, to beds in the open
ground. They will begin to blossom after Mid
summer, and afford an abundant late autumnal
crop. Mr. KNIGHT thinks that this strawberry
ought always to be treated as an annual plant.
Friday night the house Mr. PAGE, grocer, in 
Norton Falgate, was broken open, and the iron
chest robbed of 500l. in cash and bank notes. The 
daring ruffians sat down in a room, drank several
bottles of wine, and then decamped, leaving two 
candles burning.
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Wagger No. 1 - Rice and Herrings.
PUT one pound of Rice in three quarts of boiling water; let it remain for 
twenty minutes, then skim the water, and add three or four Herrings, chopped
in small pieces, a little allspice, and let it simmer gently over the fire, closely
covered, for an hour and a quarter.
No. 2. - Baked Rice Pudding.
Put a pound of Rice into three quarts of skim milk, and add four ounces of 
treacle, (or a little pepper and salt) and bake it; it will make nearly eight pounds
of pudding, and will cost about a penny a pound. - The Rice is soaked over 
night in water.
No. 3. - Rice and Barley Porridge.
Put one pound of Rice and one pound of Scotch Barley into two gallons of 
water, and boil them very gently for four hours, over a slow fire; then add four 
ounces of treacle, and one ounce of salt, and let the whole simmer for half an hour 
more: it will produce sixteen pounds in weight, and will cost rather more than a 
halfpenny a pound. - This is much used at Montrose, and in some other parts of 
Scotland, and has been greatly approved.
No. 4. - Sweet Rice Pudding.
Put a pound of rice in five pints of cold water, and boil it gently for two hours:
by which time it will become of the consistency of thick paste; then add two 
pints of skim milk and four ounces of treacle, and boil the whole very gently for 
another hour: it will produce near nine pounds of sweet rice pudding, and will 
cost rather more than a halfpenny a pound. - This is recommended as a cheap,
wholesome, and palatable food for children.
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Tripple dust & oil for preserving the polish 
of a bridle.
To make wine cool in hot weather
One ounce of crude Sal Armoniac
half an ounce of nitre & a gallon of water
Cement for Corks
3 pounds of Resin a pound & quarter of 
Bees wax & one Candle. Boil it well in an Iron 
Kettle & dip in the bottles. Red lead will improve 
the colour. This quantity is about sufficient for 
a pipe of wine. WB. on 17 Septr: 1799 -
- Ten ounces of Resin - and 
two ounces & an half of Bees Wax & a 
piece of Candle will do for about 
3 or 4 dosen Bottles.
1 pd & an half of Resin - 12 oz: of Bees wax - wsh to for 
half a Pipe of Port - Wine -
Receipt for making & using Cement by Cholic
2 ℔s - Rosin -
2 Ouz.. Bees - wax -
A Small Candle, or a lamp of Suet.
Ab boiled up together 'till properly dissolved the Bottles to be dipped in
quickly, to prevent the Bottles flying. NB. Case must be taken not 
to suffer any Water to drop in while boiling, as that will make 
the Cement boil over & may occasion some Accident. - It is 

Mr Cha' Wheler
For the Worms
Two Drachms of Worm seeds, forty grains
of Indian Rhubarb mix'd up in near half a 
Pint of Treacle. A Tea spoonful to be taken
at night & in the morning fasting, more for 
a grown person. Stir it well before it is given
Mr Chiselden
For the Worms 
The worm powder which is Bearsfoot
must be taken every other morning fasting
till the patient has taken 8 or 9 doses.
They may be taken in any liquid, require no 
particular regimen, nor any confinement, their
operation being very gentle. One grain is a 
proper dose for a child of a year old, 2 grain
for a child of 2 years old & so on encreasing a 
grain every year till they come to 8, & you
need give no more than 8 to a child of 9 or 10 
years old. From 10 to 15 encrease a grain every 
year, & you need give no more than 15 grains
to a grown person.

Lady Dering
For the Worms
Pulvis Basilicus to be given in a 
spoonful of bread & milk, milk porridge or 
any other of a thick substance.
The quantity to be taken depends 
upon the age. At 4 years old 6 grains & to 
proceed by degrees adding 2 grains at a time
resting between each dose 2 days, to a grown 
person at first 15 grains & by degrees (or at once)
20 grains & if that does not do add a few grains
of Jalap. For children add Rhubarb if wanted.
Mrs H. Thomson
For the Worms 
Oil of sweet almonds, Port wine, coarse
sugar, & lemon juice of each a table spoonful
for a grown person & a desert spoonful for a 
child to be taken nine mornings fasting.
For the Cholick
Twenty drops of Balsam of Capivi on a lump
of Sugar.

For the Ague
Venice turpentine & frankincence of each 
2 pennyworth boild to a salve spread on a 
peice of leather cut in the shape of a 
heart & laid on the pit of the stomach.
Mr F Wheeler
For the Ague 
A Drachm of Bark half a drachm of Venice
Treacle, mixd in three spoonfuls of Orange juice
& three spoonfuls of strong white wine.
First give an Emetic, & then let this be 
taken as near before the fit as possible.
Do
Infus. Senna 4 Ounces
Tincture Senna 2 Ounces
Taki Amari or bitter} 1 Ounce
purging Salts -}
♏︎.
3 Spoonfuls every three hours, till it Operates.
Emplastram Cantharidis inter Scap. f u. a Blistery
G. B.
R. W.

A diet drink to correct sharp humours
in the blood.
Roots of sarsaparilla sliced half a 
pound guaiacum shavings & sassafrass of 
each two ounces, antimony [crossed out] carefully tied
in a rag one ounce, to the above add 
eight quarts of water, which must be gently
boild till reduced to four quarts, strain
& when cold bottle it. One quart to be taken
every day, one third before rising, one at 
noon & one at night when you go to bed.
Avoid salt or savoury meats, & all sorts
of vegetables except potatoes. Drink white
wine & water in preference to small beer
& drink no Port wine.

Dr. Ash
Purging Powders 
Two Drams of Magnesia Alba, one Dram of 
Rhubarb, mix them well together & divide them 
into six papers.
Two Drams of Magnesia Alba, Milk of Sulpher
one Dram & a half, mix them well & divide into 
six or eight papers.
Pills for Bilious complaints
One oz & a half of Aloes mastick half an 
oz. powder these ingredients separately then 
incorporate with a proper quantity of syrup
of wormwood to make a mass. 3 grains in each
pill. One, two, or three pills to be taken (according
to the strength of the patient or as they 
operate) every day at dinner or supper. They 
never shou'd be taken fasting. Great care 
must be taken to prepare the aloes properly
either with the juice of violets or strong 
tincture of liquorice, the latter is frequently used.

Tincture of Rhubarb
One ounce of rhubarb cut in small slices,
one drachm of saffron, one ounce of cardamom
seeds & husks bruised together, put into a pint of 
brandy. Let the ingredients & brandy remain together
For the Rheumatism
A tea spoonful of volatile tincture of 
guiacum in a glass of white wine at night &
in the morning. B. Wilmer.
Huxhams Tincture
2 oz of the best Bark in powder
3 Drachms of snake-root
4 Scruples of Saffron
4 Scruple of Cochineal
1 oz [illegible] of Orange peel
20 oz of the best Brandy
Infuse in a bottle close stop'd 10 days at least
before it is fit for use.
Three Grains of Rhubarb, & two grains of Ginger to
be taken about one hour before dinner -

Saline Draughts
3 Spoonfuls of mint Water 30 grains
of salt of wormwood the juice of one lemon
sugar to your taste
20 grains of salt of wormwood a little
sugar & the juice of one lemon.
Dr Warren.
For a sore throat or swelling in the glands
Dr Ash
Half a Tb of salt petre 2 Drachms of 
flower of brimstone, melt the salt petre in a 
crucible & deflagrate upon it the brimstone little 
by little, then put upon it powder blue sufficient
to colour it stir it all well together & put it 
into a mortar (or vessel capable of bearing the
heat) to cool, make it into little thin cakes
or drops, & when you have occasion to use it
take a bit the size of a hazel nut & let it 
disolve in your mouth swallowing the spittle.
Repeat it occasionally.

Mr Snow 
Eye Water
30 Drops of Laudanum
6 grains of sugar of Lead
1 oz of Elder flower water.
When the eyes are much inflamed, bathe them
with this collyrium night & morning.
Mrs Vyner
A most Excellent Eye water 
Take 3 drachms of Lapis Tutiœ in fine 
powder 3 drachms of Aloes in do, 2 drachms
of white sugar candy 6 oz of Rose water 6 oz 
of white wine, put them into a clean bottle well 
stop'd & set it in the sun for the space of a 
month, strain it through a fine rag & use it 
night & morning dropping it into the Eye 
with a feather.
Mr Wathen
Eye Water 
A table spoonful of camphorated spts of wine 
a tea spoonful of Goulards extract, & a qrt of spring water
For Chilblains
One third part Spirit of Turpentine -
Two thirds - Spiritas Mendereri - 

For the Tooth ach 
Two grains of powder'd Camphor, one grain 
of opium, beat into pills with mucilage of 
gum Arabic.
To clean Plate 
Crocus Martis
To preserve Shoes & Boots [crossed out] when laid by 
for any time - Half a pound of Mutton Tact
A Quarter of a pound of Bees - Wax
About a Table Spoonful of Ivory Black
to be ratted or with the hand - Robinson
Blacking 
A Qr of a ℔ of Ivory Black 3 or 4 ounces of 
coarse sugar about a pint & half of mild beer 
warm the beer pour & it on these ingredients
when it is grown thick add a qr of a pint 
of beer & a little sugar, add again & again
till it gets thin
For the Gout
To one Pint of good Brandy, and one pint of old 
Mountain Wine put two ounces of Hura Piera - Let 
this mixture stand for 3 or 4 days either in the Sun 
or before a Fire, often shaking it. When it has 
settled, take a glass of the clear liquid at going 
to Bed. It is intended to act as a purgative the 
(See Page A)

For a raw sore Throat
Two ounces of Pearl Barley, 2 an ounce of 
Gum Arabic put into 3 pints of water & boild to a 
quart, add a little Black Currant Jelly.
Sperma - Ceti Draughts
Take 2 ozs of pearl barley, wash it clean 
put to it a pint of water, boil it near a qr of an 
hour, then pour that water away & put to the 
barley 3 pints of cold water, boil it slowly till 
it is reduced to a wine qrt then strain it off 
Take an oz & half of Sperma Ceti, put it into 
a marble or stone mortar with the yolk of a 
new laid egg, beat it with a wooden pestle till 
it is quite disolved, put the barley water 
(when quite cold, to it, a spoonful at a time 
stirring it about to mix it well, add sugar 
candy or loaf sugar to your taste, & if your lungs
are much oppress'd, 2 ozs of oil of sweet almonds
or sallad oil. Bottle it & set it in a cool place 
Take a pretty large tea cup full 3 times a day
shaking the bottle very well before you pour 
it out. If it is cold on the stomach, put 2 or 3 
spoonfuls of the best brandy to a quart.

For Spasms in the Stomach
Take of the tincture of gum guaiacum 12 
drams, camphorated tincture of opium 6 drams
Spirits of vitriolic æther half an ounce, mix 
them together - The dose is 2 tea spoonfuls
twice a day in a small glass of water.
To prevent Boots letting in Wet.
A Quarter of a Pint of Currur's Oil - a Quarter
of a Pound of Gallon, half an Ounce of Bees wax, & 
One pennyworth of Oil of Turpentine & some Lamp. black.
Boyle's Receipt for dimness & Rheum in the Eyes.
One Ounce of Eye bright finely powder, half An Ounce
of sweet Fennel - seed pounded, Two drams of nutmeg,
two Ounces of fine Sugar rubbed in a Mortar altogether,
16 or 18 grains twice a Day. 
For a fatting Calf
oil Cake beat in a Mortar & a
white barley flour- mixed up with 
Linseed Oil - or a little mild
Beer - twice a day, after
Tackling - make up roost
fpr 5 or 6 times - each Bak
about the size or a Walnut.
Take off 1 Skin of mutton Suet 3 forth - & one 
fourth - Bees wax - dissolve it.
For a fatting Calf. 
Chalk & Barley Flower made into a Bak with whole
Brandy, or Gin, of the size of a Pigeon Egg.
For Boots & Shoes 
Two ounces of mutton Suet - & One Ounce of Bees wax,
simmerd together 'till melted - rub it in with the 
hand & round the Seam with a rag. -
or
- Tallow part a pound - Hog's lard four ounces - Turpentine two ounces -
new Bees Wax two ounces - Olive oil two ounces - Palmer from 
Mr Bullock. -

(A) Gout
next morning. If it fails of that effect, repeat the 
dose next night. Should it not prove too strong, it 
may be taken with good effect every other night for at least 
a week. - William Rose, Daventry, Deor - 1789.
WB I have never had the Gout to confine me for three days
since I first used it (which is non two years & to ago)
tho' I was never free a twelve month together from a 
Severe fit for 12 years before. W: R. (B)
Evans i Worm - Powders
One paper to be given to a Child when drooping 
with the measles - 2 doses in 3 or 4 days after. Evans.
(B) Sheep the B. O. by two Evacuations daily, if possible
without medicine, if not take the size of a nutmeg of lenitive
Electuary occasionally, or five Grains of rhubarb every night.
Sunm mori Pills - 2 every night for three weeks (from
Apothecray's Itch) for the Scurvy. - W - r. 
{Succotrine Aloes - One ounce -
{Antimonial Powder, one dracha.
{Simple Syrup. -
{Mixt well together in a marble mortar -
{Dr James's Analeptic Pills. - Two or more for a dose.

For a Blister -
The Bark of the Mezereon Root - Scraped &
steeped 5 or 6 hours in cold vinegar - apply it to the 
arm covered with an Ivy or Plantain - change it 
once in 24 hours - If it does [crossed out] not produce a discharge,
change it twice a day. - 
25 Cordial Balls for Horses.
Take Turkey figs, spanish Liquorice, anniseed,
and Liquorice powder, of each four ounces,
Carraway seeds, Elacampane, and anniseeded
Balsam, of each two ounces, Saffron, ginger,
in powder and oil of anniseeds of each six
drachms honey to form a mass and divide
it into twelve balls.
One to be given in a morning fasting on 
hunting days. Mr Fitch's Coachman. Dorset
For a Cough.
One 

Wound Water
Put two Ounces & 1/2 of Roche - Alum, & thru
Quarters of an Ounce of White Copperas into two 
Quarts of Spring Water, boil it a quarter of 
an hour. Beat half an Ounce of Camphor with 
a little Sallad Oil 'till 'tis fori, and put it into the 
Water when you take it off the fire. When cold
bottle it. It will keep for years. - It should 
be made warm when you use it. Dip a Cloth
or lint & lay it to the Sore. - It is good for 
any green Wound or Mas or Beast. A C. 
Cure for Root in Sheep.
The following is given as an infallible Cure for the Rot 
in Sheep. - viz. Take five grains of Calomel, with two 
grains of Opium, made into a Pill. - The Sheep should be 
removed upon dry land, and, whilst taking the Pill, should 
be fed with malt, corn, or good hay. If the first dose should be 
insufficient, it may be repeated, and an additional gram of 
Calomel may be given with safety. But the only effectual preventive
is a perfect draining of the lard. The Monthly Literary Bouquet.
Octr: 14 - 1809 - magazine

Foment your Eyes at night when you go to bed with 
an infusion of Elder flowers - put half an ounce of the 
flowers into a pint of boiling water, & strain it off 
for use when it is cold - foment your Eyes by 
putting a doubled rag moistened with this Infusion
made warm, to your Eyes, & when one rag grows [crossed out]
cool, to put on another, & continue this for ten
minutes - wash your Eyes two or three times in 
ye day with hose Water & brandy - put one 
spoonful of brandy into nine spoonfuls of hose
Water - Take an Ounce & half of Infusion
of Sena with two drams of ye Tincture of Sena
every other morning for three times. this will only
purge you gently, which is preferable to strong 
purging in your Case. R. W. Feby 4 - 1794.
I recommend it to you to lose 9 ounces of blood 
by ye lancet, & to put a blister between your Shoulders. -  

" Drink no malt liquor on any Account. Let your 
" Beverage at dinner consist of two glasses of Wine
" diluted with three half pints of Water. Oh no 
" Account drink any more wine or Spirituous liquors 
" in the coarse of the day; but, if you want more liquid,
" take cream & Water, or milk & Water, or lemonade.
" With tea, Coffee, Chocolate. Use the warm bath 
" twice a week for half an hour before going to bek,
" at the degree of heat which is most grateful to 
" your Sensations. Eat meat constantly at dinner,
" and with any kind of tender Vegetables you please,
" I keep the Body open by two Evacuations daily, if 
" possible without medicine, if not take the 
" Size of a nutmeg of lenitive Electuary occasionally,
" or five grains of Rhubarb every night. Use no 
" violent Exercise, which may subject yourself to 
" sudden Changes from heat to Cold; but as much 
" moderate Exercise as may be, without being 

" much fatigued or starved with Cold. Take 
" Some Supper every night; a small quantity of 
" Animal food is preferred; fat if your palate 
" refuses this, take vegetable food, as fruit-pie,
or milk; something should be eaten, as it might 
" be injurious to you to fast too long."
" many persons have laughed at the idea of my 
" perseverance in a System, which has not been 
" able to cure the Gout after five [crossed out] years trial;
but such Persons are either ignorant of what I 
before suffered, or totally unacquainted with the nature
of the disorders. Under the blessing of Providence, by an 
Adherence to your Advice, I am reaping at the 
benefit you flattered me I might expect from it, 
viz. my Attacks less frequent, my Sufferings less 
Acute, and an improvement in the general State of my 
health. - I have been particular is this Account of myself 
at your request, and am, Sir, &c. Robert Welmot.
Morley, near Derby, Darwin's Zoonomia, vol: IV P. 216.
Feby 10th 1795 /B/

Plaister for a sore Throat 
Mr C Wheler
4 ounces of mutton suet from the kidneys
3 ounces of fresh butter, 4 ounces of brown resin,
a quarter of an ounce of yellow bees wax. Cut the 
suet, melt it on a slow fire in an earthen pipkin
then strain it & add the butter, stirring it on the 
fire with a stick, when they are well mixt add
the resin & wax, stirring till they are thoroughly
incorporated. When cold spread it on a linnen rag 
3 inches broad & reaching from ear to ear. Pin as 
much flannel over it as will keep the throat
warm, Change the plaister every 12 hours.
It usually relieves by bringing out a heat,
avoid scratching as much as possible.
An excellent brown Salve
One pint of sallad oil, half a pound of red lead,
2 ounces of Burgundy pitch, 2 ounces of bees wax
1 ounce of resin, Let the oil & lead boil till it 
is black, then take it off the fire & put in the 
pitch resin & wax, a little at a time, stirring it 
all the while, & when it is disolved set it on 

The fire again I let it just boil. Pour it into 
cold water & work it up into rolls
Add 2 or 3 spoonsfuls of vinegar after the 
salve is taken off the fire.
White Ointment
Take a pound of may butter unwash'd & not 
salted, work it very clean from the milk, melt 
it & pour off all the clear, then set it over the 
fire again with 4 ozs of white lead finely powderd 
let it just boil, then take it off 2 put to it a 
drachm & half of camphor, & stir it till it is 
quite cold.
The Black Salve
Take resin, frankincense, & burgundy pitch
of each half a pound, stone pitch three quarters
of a pound, bees wax two penny worth, mastick 
& venice turpentine of each three penny worth.
First shave the wax thin & set it on the fire,
beat the rosin small & put it into the pan to the 
wax stirring it some time, then pat in the frankincense
& Burgundy pitch both being beaten, then the store 
pitch & mastick when they are beaten to a powder.

When these things are all melted, put in the 
Venice turpentine, & 4 spoonsful of the best sallad
oil, then set the pan over the fire again & let 
it have three boils stirring it well, then strain 
it into cold water & make it up into rolls, first 
rubbing your hands with butter to prevent its 
sticking to. - This plaister will cure any sore 
breast. It will disperse the swelling & pain, &
if it breaks will heal without tents, if thus
applied. Spread it on sheeps leather, as large
as will cover the breast all over, tho it be sore 
but in one part. Cut a hole for the nipple I 
anoint the breast with butter before you lay it 
on. If the breast be not broke, you may let the 
plaister lay on a week; it may perhaps be painful.
When it is broke, take it off & wipe the plaister
clean & lay it on again. If it runs much you 
may change the plaister every 4 or 5 days as you
see cause. A woman that gives such may use this 
without danger. Let her breast be drawn by a 

Child or any other body, for it will not hurl
either. - This salve is proper for Boils.
Mrs Cage
Salve for a Burn.
Take a ℔ of bees wax, scrape it thin & put 
it with a qrt of neats fool oil into an earthen
pipkin, set it over a clear fire till the wax is 
totally disolved, then add to it 6 ozs of Lapis 
Caliminaris, this last ingredient must be put in 
very gradually or it will sink to the bottom, & you
must likewise keep stirring the salve from the 
time you put the powder in till it is cold.
When you have occasion to use it, spread it
thin on fine linnen & apply it to the part affected
When you remove the dressing cut the blisters
& let out all the water as often as they shall 
rise & if there is much discharge, wash the part
with warm milk & water. Unless the plaister gets so 
wet as to endanger its coming off once a day is often 
enough to change it.

For Sores in the Gums (A)
Scarlet - Rose leaves in a tea - pot of warm water -
add a little vinegar to the taste - touch the 
Speck in the Month with Elixir of Vitriol on the 
top of a Stick. Sharp.
Directions for cleaning Buckley; Fegarid Cloths
Take a Sp [crossed out] Sponge or a Cloth, and wash them
well with soft Water; then rub them quite dry 
With a clean Cloth. - When very dirty, use a 
soft scrubbing Brush and a Lather of Soap;
always wash the Soapy Water clean off, and rub 
them dry, as before directed.
Hunham; Tincture of Bark -
Two Tea - Spoonfuls of it - & two Table Spoonfuls.
of plain Water - once or twice in a day -
an hour before dinner - 
A Table Spoonful is half an Ounce -
A Tea - Spoonful is half a dram. 

To Make Paste
Two Table Spoonfuls of Flour -
Three Quarters of a Pint of Water -
to be boiled 'till it comes to a proper Consistence,
to be stirred, whilst boiling, to prevent it's sticking
to the 9 oz Sauce - Pan - A Glazed Pan for common 
Paste -
(A) For Do - or Specks in the Mouth & Gums
From 6 to 10 drops of Spirits Salis marini 
& An Ounce of Honey & Roses. 
R. W. -
For a Cough
The juice of one Lemon -
Half a Pint of Water - sweeten'd with Sugar Candy.
or 
Dawson's Lozenges -
Two Spoonfuls of I prescribed Jar gative mixture p. r. e
For Do - Rhubarb 2 drams
Opobalsam - 1 do - to be made into 36 Piles,
three to be taken at night, & three is the morning, If [?] more than four motion,
take only at night. Dr James.
For a Cough
Nite, & the finest loaf - Sugar beat fine in a Mortar - a 
small quarterly to be put into ye mouth & disolved gradually to 
stop a cough. - Anos - 

Mr Baldwin's Medicine Chest - filled
by Order of Mr Brand - from J. Jones.
1799
June 17 A Medicine Chest - 3: 18: 0 
2 oz Best Spirits of Hartshorn - 8
2 oz Do Sal volatile - 1. -
2 oz Salt of Wormwood - 8 
1 oz Powder Jalap - 8 
1 oz Do Turkey Rhubarb - 2. 9 
1/2 oz Do Ipeccacuanat - 1. 6
3 3/4 oz Compd. Spts. of Lavender - 1. 10 1/2
Do. Tincture of Myor - 1. 10 1/2 
Do. Tincture of Columbo - 2. 6
Do. Opodeldock - 1. 10 1/2
Do Best Castor Oil - 2. 6
2 oz: Hoffman's Anodyne - 2. -
2 oz Vitriolic Æther - 4 - 
Do Traumatic Balsam - 2. - 
Do Antimonial Wine - 8 

Do Paregoric Elixir - 0. 1. 0
3 oz Goulard's Extract of Lead - 1. 6
1 oz Magnesia - 6
6 oz Rochelle Salts - 2. [crossed out]
5 oz Huxham's tincture of Bark - 3 4 
3 oz Cordial Tincture Rhubarb - 3" 9 
1 oz Conserve of Roses - 3
1 oz 1/2 Cordial Confection - 1.6
1 oz Spermaceti Ointment - 4
1 oz yellow Basilicon - 3
3 oz Diachylon Plaister - 6 
5 oz Blistering Do & Leather - 3. -
1 oz fine Lint - 8
10 doses Opium Pills; 1 grain each - 5. -
10 doses Antimonial Pills 1 1/2 grain each - 5 -
Vial of Essence of Peppermint - 1. 1 1/2
Fitting up the Chest - 10. 6 

no. 1 Spirit of Hartshorn.
In case of fainting it is used to be smelt
at & applied to the upper Lip & Temples &c.
no 2 - Sal volatile. This of the same nature 
with the preceding only more pare &
agreable, & best for internal use. A 
tea - Spoonful mixed in a common wine 
glass of Water, is very good in Case of 
faintness, & acridity, & to be taken not all at once 
but by table spoonfuls every minute
till the whole of the glass is taken
and acridity.
3. Salt of Wormwood - About 20 grains to be 
[crossed out] dissolved in a wine glass of pepper - put 
water is the dose; for a slow fever. -
Powder of 
4 Jalap [crossed out] - This is one of the best Purgatives -
1.
To ten grains add two of Ginger - This in
general is sufficient. It is best to give half,
& wait two hours, & give the rest. It may 

be mixt with a little honey, & made into Pills
& given in that way or Conserve of Roses.
This the best opening Medicine for Children.
or mix it with mint - Water. For an Infant 
1 h grain made into Pills with Conserve of 
Roses & Cordl Confect. 1 dram make 30 Pills.
5 - Powder of Rhubarb. From 10 Grains
to 15 is a dose. Add a little Ginger as to 
the last. It may be given in doses of 3 
Grains [crossed out] every hour till it operates, as 
just directed. If you have no mint Water
ready, weak brandy & Water will do.
In Case of Costiveness either of the above 
Medicines are very useful. I prefer the 
Jalap Powder in general.
no 6 - Ipecacuanha Powder - For Emeticks.
For grains is generally sufficient [mixed?] in 
a little plain Water, When it has done 
operating, a little weak brandy & water 
settles the Stomach best. 4 grains in two 

Ounces of Water - a tea - spoonful every 3 
minutes 'till it operates.
no 7 - Spirit of Lavender. About 10 or 
20 drops in a lump of Sugar is given 
for a Cholicky pain in the Stomach.
A little ginger tea with a little brandy 
added is better; or a little ginger powder
by itself, or to which may be added to 
5 Grains 2 of Rhubarb. -
8 - Tincture of Myrrh. - A tea - spoonful
of this mixed with a glass of Water is 
used to wash the Mouth & Gums in certain
cases where there is Scurvy. A Small tea - spoonful
or in Water is given in some 
internal Complaints & is thought by some 
good in Consumptive Cases. To be given 
twice or three times a day
no. 9. Tincture of Columbo - A tea - Spoonful

in a glass of water an hour before dinner time 
is an excellent stomatrich & strenghtens the 
Stomach, & assists digestion. - good for weak 
Stomachs. -
no 10 - Opodeldoe. a little of it rubbed 
in on a part that has been bruised or 
strained; is good also for Rheumatism.
no 11 - Castor Oil. In case of violent Costiveness
& differently to open the Body. A large 
tea - Spoonful given with a little weak brandy
& water every half hour 'till it succeeds
is one of the most valuable of medicines.
no 12. This Hoffman's Anodyne Liquor is to be 
given in half a tea - spoonful mixed with 
water in cases of extreme pain
till 2 tea - Spoonfuls are taken, if necessary.
In Case of pain in the head rub a tea - spoonful
on the forehead, for which it is excellent.
13 - Vitriolic Æther is much the same 

in its properties, & the same doses. -
14 - Balsam Traumatic. Five Drops to 
ten, a dose in Mint Water.
no 15. Antimonial Wine. Ten, 15, or 20
Drops in a little warm water to bring on
For the}
Infant}
of two}
months}
perspiration in cold & fever is good.
To the above dose may be added 2 grains
of Powder of Ipecacuanha.
16 - Elixir of Paregoric. This a very good 
Andyne in Coughs to relieve them at 
night especially. A tea - Spoonful in 
a glass of Water an hour before going to bed,
This may be repeated if the Cough is violent.
17 - Goulards extract of Lead. It is good 
for Harts in horses. mixt as much in a 
Pint of Water as makes it of a Milky
Whiteness. Cracked Heels & other Sores
it is thought good for. I prefer a 

Solution of Opium. It is in great vague among 
Country Practitioners. Often to very bad Effects.
It has one good Quality, it comes cheap.
18. Pill - Box. Pills of Opium, one grain each.
In cases of violent pain & inflammation one 
Pill should be given to procure ease
[crossed out] Six hours. another may be given; or another 
half Another Pill. But not more than two 
Grains should be given in 24 hours. With 
each grain about four grains of Rhubarb
or Jalep should be given at the same time 
to prevent Costivess.
no 19. Pill - Box. This is James's Powders
or the same in Pills. In fevers one may be 
taken every eight hours. They produce 
perspiration & ease. not more than three in 
24 hours must be given: If One of these is 
given [crossed out] with the grain of Opium above it will
encrease its good properties in cases of violent
pain & inflammation.

no 20 - Cordial Confection. About 2 
Grains in a wine-glass of water makes 
a good vehicle to take those Medicines
mentioned to be given with mint Water.
Or to mix up some into Pills, by itself.
21 - Conserve of Roses. To mix up Powders
into Pills, when it is more agreable than
a draught. -
22 Yellow Basilicon. A Plaster for Sores,
spread on lint or soft linnen. Not a 
very good thing in general. -
23 - Spermaceti Ointment. Spread a little 
on soft linen to be applied when a blister 
is removed.
12 - Magnesia: Good for the Heart-bare 
& other Complaints of the Stomach, arising
from Acidity. Half a tea - Spoonful to a 
full one may be given. Add one or two 
grains of Rhubarb & also of Ginger
in general

25 Tincture of Rhubarb. A Tea - Spoonful
of this in water is given in gripings of the Bowels.
A Wine glass of Water or not quite so much.
26 - Huxham's Tincture of Bark. A tea - spoonful
in Water as above a good restorative after fever;
once, twice, or thrice a day.
27 - Rochelle - Salts.

For the Ague
Three quarters of an ounce of the best Red 
Bark, a Table Spoonful of Coarse Brown 
sugar, Do Black Pepper, a while Nutmeg grated
or the same quantity of Ginger, 20 Drops of syrup 
of Poppies, 10 Drops of Hartshorn, to be mix'd in 
Brandy to the stiffness of an Electuary. To be 
taken every two hours between the fits - If the Fever
runs high only three times a day. The dose to 
be repeated on the ninth after missing the fit.
An Emetic shou'd be taken first. - Each Dose 
to be of the size of a nutmeg. -
Ipecacuanha Wine 
A Table Spoonful - viz half an Ounce, is 
a proper dose for a Child. -
An Ounce of it for a man - 

Mr Homer 
For the Ague 
Take 3/4 oz of Bark the juice of 2 or 3 Lemons
1/2 oz of Venice Treacle, mix all well together, & add to 
it a pint of mountain or strong Raisin Wine, then let 
it be well shaken & incorporated together with ye other 
Ingredients:
Divide this mixture into five parts - As soon
as the fit is entirely off give one part, if the Ague 
comes every day & give another part 6 hours after 
the former, but if it be every other day or a third
day Ague give the second part 12 hours after the former
& a third part 6 or 12 hours after the second - which 
if carefully observed seldom fails to take off the fit 
Give the fourth part of the Medicine 4 days after 
taking the third - and give the 5th part 4 days 
after taking the 4th, by way of preventing the return 
of the Fit. - H
C. D. H.
J. R. H. Octr -

For a Cough
Lactis Amygd. ℥viij - milk of Almonds}
Sal nitri - half a dram 8 Ounces -}
Sperma Ceti ʒij - 2 drams rubbed with}
half of ye yolk of one Egg.}
Syr. c meconio ʒss ♏︎.} - Diacodion - or Syrup}
half an Ounce} of water Poppies half}
an Ounce. -}
Cort us - bis teroe in Die -
Three Table Spoonfuls twice or thrice a day. Two Table Spoonfuls For 
a Child or less [crossed out], if it should disagree with the 
Stomach, or occasion drowsiness. -
Welmer.
A Lotion for a thumb or finger
25 Grains of blue vitriol -
& one ounce & an half of water.
-Wilkes.

To make Raisin wine 
To every Gallon of Water put 8 ℔ of Smyrna, or 
malaga Raisins, picked only from the large Stalks,
put them in a Gab, let them steep 3 Weeks or ( if 
the Weather is very cold a month ) stir them twice
every dthay, then draw off the Liquor, and press out 
all the juice with weights, then put it into the 
Cask and let it stand till it has done hissing
or making the least noise, then stop it up close.
After you have drawn off your Wine, the raisins
will make you a third part in Vinegar. A. C. -
(R. J. P).
WB. 400 Weight of raisins will make a hogshead of Wine.
another
2 Crot: Malaga - Raisins
1 .00 Sun  - Raisins
The Peels of Tin Lemons.
Button - Charing Cross 

To make Raisin wine 
Take a hundred (112 ℔) & 3 grs (196 ℔) of 
Smyrna, or Malaga Raisins, divide the lumps, but 
do not take out the Stalks, put them into a 
Mash - Tub, & put to them 26 Gallons (Wine measure)
of River - Water, let it stand 3 Weeks, stirring it 
very well every day, 'till within 4 days of drawing
it off; [crossed out] when drawn off, immediately put 
the liquor into the half - hogshead it is to remain 
in; Bang & stop it close; then lay upon the fruit
12 more Gallons of Water, - stir it as before 
for 6 days; then let it stand three or 4 days 
& draw it off without pressing ye fruit; but till
the Tub as high as it will stand; and with this 
second running fill up the half hogshead within
two Inches of the Bang hole; put the bang & vent 
Peg lightly in, often easing them, 'till the wine has 
done hissing, but watch it often, least it should 
work again. - Let it stand 5 or 6 months,

then draw it off without jogging the vessel, into
clean tubs; & pour out the Lees & rinse the Vessel
with a little of the small Wine that was left of 
the 2 running pour into the vessel 3 pints of the best brandy. Roll it about & then fill it up
within 2 nights, with the small wine that was left of the 2d running on purpose to fill it up; which 
small wine must be first put in a Cask that just 
holds it. In ten months peg the half hogshead
& if it is not bright, draw off a little at a time;
It must not be boiled either in hot or frosty
Weather; If it has a good body, do not draw 
off more than to taste it, & then longer it is 
kept in the vessel the better.
The day before you make the Wine, put 7 or 8 
Gallons of Water into a Copper, boil it &
throw in 3 Ounces (or a little less) of good Hops;
Boil them 20 minutes then strain it, & on the 
next day measure the Water that boiled with the 
Hops & reckon it as part of the 26 Gallons first
laid on the fruit. -

A Gallon of Brandy to a hogshead of Cyder 
recommended by a Leominster Man as a neverfailing
Preservative -
To make Ink - (just to simmer but 
not to boil)
1 pound of Blue or Aleppo Galls 
1/2 a pound of Green Vitriol, called Coppers.
1/4 of a pound of Gum Arabic
Two Ounces of shock Alum -
To be beat small, but not too fine, to which put 
one gallon of Rain Water or 3 Quarts of Rain
Water and 1 Quart of Vinegar. - (about 43)
or 
Aleppo Goals - 9 Ounces
green vitriol - .6 Do 
Logwood - 3 Do.
Gum Arabic 1 Ounce & an half.
Common Salts - 3 drams.
Rectified Spirits of Wine 1 Ounce & an half 
Fountain or Sump Water 6 Parts -

(B) When there is not much fever in the Gout,
" and the Patient is debilitated with Ages, or the 
" continuance of the disease, a moderate opiate,
" as twenty drops of tincture of Opium, or one 
" grain of Solid Opium, may be taken every 
" night with Advantage. Externally a paste
" made with double the quantity of zest is a 
" good Poultice; and booterkins made with oiled
" Silk, as they Confine the perspirable matter,
" keep the part moist and Supple, and thence
" relieve the pain like poultices. "
" The only safe way of moderating the disease
is by an uniform and equal diminution, or a total
Abstinence from fermented liquors, with the cautious
directed in Sect. XII. 7. 8.
" The debility, or torpor of the liver, which is the cause of gout,
" is thus prevented by the greater irritability of the 
' system, acquired during the lessened Use of 
Fermented liquor " Darwin -

murmur aurium vertiginosum. The vertiginous
murmur in the Ears, or noise in the head, is compared
to the undulations of the Sound of bells, or to the 
humming of bees. It is owing to our hearing less
perfectly from the gradual inirritability of the Organ
or the Approach of Age; and the disagreeable
Sensation of noise attending it is owing to the less
energetic Action of these irritative motions; which not 
being sufficiently distinct to excite their usual
associations become succeeded by our Alternation, like 
the indistinct view of the apparent motions of objects
mentioned in Vertigo visualis. This may be better
understood from considering the Use, which blend
Mor make of these irritative Sounds, which they have 
taught themselves to attend to, but which escape the notice 
of others. The late blend Justice Fielding walked for the first 
time into my room, whence he once [crossed out] visited me, and after 
speaking a few words said, "This room is about 22 feet

'long, 18 wide, and 12 high;" all which he guessed by 
the Ear with great accuracy. now if these irritative
Sounds from the partial loss of hearing do not 
correspond with the size or usual echoes of the places,
where we are; their catenation with other irritative
ideas, as those of vision, becomes dissevered or disturbed;
and we attend to them in consequence, which I think
unravels this intricate circumstance of noises being 
always heard in the head, when the Sense of hearing
begins to be impaired, from whatever cause it occurs.
Stimulate The [crossed out] internal Ear by Ether, or with essential
Oil diluted with expressed Oil, or with a Solution of 
Opium in Wine, or in Water. Or with Salt & Water.
Apply a Cupping Glass over the Ear. See 1. 2.
5. 6. Galvanic Shocks through the Temples.
See IV. 2. 1. 11. Darwin 4 vol: 264.

Salve for a Burn
Take a ℔ of Bees wax scraped fine, put it 
into an Earthen Pipkin with a quart of heats foot
Oil; Set it over the fire 'till it is entirely
dissolved, then add Six Ounces of Lapis 
Caliminaris: this last Ingredient must be added
very gradually, or it will sink to ye bottom;
you must keep stirring the Salve from the 
instant you begin to shake in the powder 'till 
it is quite cold. L. M. F. -
A Saline Draught
The juice of one Lemon - Two or three tea spoonfuls,
of Capilaire, or two lumps of sugar - Half a 
tea spoonful of salt of Wormwood - mix them
well, and pour the water on it, & drink it in a 
state of fermentation; If you want much 
perspiration, add 10 or 15 drops of Antimonial 
Wine. Take two or three in a day. If it does 
not ferment properly, add a little more lemon juice
Dr Hochet - 

Do To make ye Chamomile tea - put some 
Chamomile flowers into a small tea pot -
pour on the cold water - infuse it overnight
Salt of Wormwood - 20 Grains
Lemon Juice - a Table Spoonful - 
Spring - Water - two Table Spoonfuls
A price of Sugar - of the size of a 
nut kernel - or of half a nutmeg -
[crossed out] A tea - Spoonful of nutmeg water, or Brandy.
(WB Add a table - Spoonful of mint - Water,
or Cinnamon Water, as Occasion may require -
if any gripes or pain in the Bowels.) (A)
WB. Where Acids prevail in the Stomach -
take five Grains of Salt of Wormwood in 
two table spoonfuls of strong cold Chamomile tea - fasting in the 
morning, & one hour before dinner, if the 
disorder is very obstinate - This plan may 
be persevered in for 4 or 5 days. -
(A) WB. Dissolve the Salt of Wormwood in ye water
by itself - then put in the lemon juice at the 
time of taking the Draft. - Drink it in that State 
of Effervescence - Hachet. - 

A receipt from Westmoreland to cure a Ham
When the Ham is cut out rub it very well
with one ounce of salt Peter half an ounce of 
Salt, Prunella pounded and one pound 
of common salt lay it in an earthern pan 
for ten days turn it once in that time 
rub it well with common salt at discretion
let it lie ten days longer turning it 
every day then take it out and scrape it 
very clean and dry it with a clean 
cloth rub it over slightly with a little
more salt and hang them up to dry 
for four or five Months.
To prevent [crossed out] Wee' oils - Paste brown paper close 
round the Ham particularly about the 
handle & rub on Pepper where there are any
Whebles. Mrs Hill

Sauce for Roast Beef
Take some gravy with the fat and some scraped
Horse [crossed out] Radish - a spoonful of port wine, a 
spoonful of vinegar an onion very thinly 
sliced, a little pepper, salt and Soy just 
warm it up in a Sauce-pan, and you will 
find it excellent.
To [crossed out] kill moths in a Clothes - Press.
of White Pepper - half an Ounce -
Of mash - a quarter of an ounce -
- one 5th - or 6th - or 10th - part of this put into a 
bit of muslin -
To clean the tops of Boots -
Wash them with Soap & Water - wipe off the Soap,
& wash them with milk -
For a Human Coughg 
Honey & Oil - of each two Tea Spoonfuls
of lemon Juice - One tea Spoonful -

To preserve & improve Cheese -
get a little Stone Lime and pour boiling Water
upon it, let it be as thick as good Cream,
and then with a brash lay it upon the Cheese.
This method will prevent Snails and Mites - from 
eating it. = The Cheese which you intend to 
beg in upon I would recommend you to tie up in 
a Cloth and put it into the ground for two days,
then take it out and lime it, and you will 
surpass At your neighborss. - In information
Jacob. Birch, Wishford, Decr 1. 1804 -
To prevent [crossed out] Wee' oils in Hams 
Sow up the hams in a coarse Canvass Cloth,
& stuff the inside with the hashs  ie. the Chaft
of Oats, or Wheat, (but Oats is the best) - to 
keep off the little Small flies, that deposit their 
Eggs, which turn into Worms. - I keep the 
Hams in a Cool Place - not in the Kitchen but 
in the Garret. - Barto Valle no 21. Hannearbet

Take of Quassiæ shavings one scruple
Boiling water half a pint, let them infuse 
together for one hour, & then strain the liquor
Take of the strain'd Infusion, 15 drams or 
four Table spoonsful, vitriolated magnesia
one dram (by weight) simple Tincture of 
Cardamoms, one dram & a half or one Tea
spoonful & a half, to be mix'd together 
for a draught to be taken every day at 
noon, & in the evening for a week -
Dr Denman Feby 12 1805
One Dram of Powder of Rhubarb mixt with water and divided
into eighteen Pills. - which is four grains in each Pill. Fev.
One pill to be taken every day - x 4 gram make 15 Pills

For a Milk sore in the Breast
Linseed Powder made into a Poultice
with Tea made of the leaves of Elder
applied warm & changed every 12 hours
To cure Scalding with hot Liquor.
Spirit of Turpentine rubbed on with a Rag
or 
John Day
Linseed Oyl - or Lyaseed Oil
& Lime Water mixed - Thomas Day.
One Ounce of magnesia
Half An Ounce of Sal Polychrist
A Quarter of An Ounce of Rhubarb - powder -
more & divide into twelve doses.
More Rhubarb or Sal P: may be added
J P. 

For cleaning the Tops of Boots
One Tea Spoonful of Gum Arabic,
boil'd in a pint of Milk, Two Drach? of 
vitriolic Acid, Two Drach, " of x Muriatic
Acid. - x This was formerly called Spiritus Salis Marini
Glauberi:
(A) For Blacking
Ivory Black - 4 Ounces
Oyl of Chois & sweet Oyl / half an Ounce -
Treacle, or Common Sugar, two Table Spoonfuls.
White Wine Vinegar - 4 Ounces -
Oil of Vitriol or Sulphuric Acid 40 drops.
Add to the latter half a pint of Water,
& One dram of Gum Arabic: -
Ditto 
Half a ℔ of Ivory black, half a ℔ of Treacle
mix the above well into a Salve till it be free
from Lumps, then put two table Spoonfuls of 

For a Cold & Hoarseness
Boil some Vinegar and Honey to a thick
Consistency ( - a Syrup) - when cold, take a 
teaspoonful Occasionally - J. D. 
(St Stransthner) Beaume de Vie - to be had at Bacon:
in Oxford Road:
A Desert - Spoonful of it to be mixed with a 
Table Spoonful of Water to be taken an hour 
or two before dinner daily. - A Table - Spoonful
may be taken after two or three days. - V. -
Sweet Oil & mix them well together, then add 
half an ounce of Oil of Vitriol, the juice of 
two Lemons & three pints of the best double
distilled vinegar. R. V.
Keep the blacking in an earthen Pot cover'd
over. Stir it up from the bottom every time it 
is used & use but very little at a time & the 
Boot or Shoe to be polished immediately the 
blacking is put on. The Dirt must be taken 
off the leather very clean - 

An Ointment for the Rickets
Take of fresh made unsalted Butter 1 ℔
Chamomile, Smallage & Ground Ivy of each a 
large Handfull cut very small. Boil them 
in the Butter till it is very green then press it 
from the Herbs, & if it is not sufficiently green
boil it again with fresh Herbs
Anoint the Child night & morning by the fire 
for a month, on the points of the Ribs next the
Breast, but be carefull not to touch the Breast
& Stomach. It must not drink Beer of be shifted
till the month is out.
For the Ague
25 drops of Laudanum
35 drops of Spt of Hartshorn
To be given in the cold fit when going to bed
in simple mint water.

For Fatting a Calf Ms. E Cage
Let as much water be heated on the fire as 
the calf would be disposed to drink and when 
it boils, throw in one or two handfulls of Oatmeal
and after continuing in that state for [crossed out] one 
Minute, take it off and let it be cooled to 
the temperature of new Milk when one or 
two pints of Shimmed Milk may be added
to it. WB. Mrs: C... generally begins with 
half a pint of Oatmeal (which serves for 
two meals) and ends with a Quart and 
gives it twice a day. -
Sauce for Roast Meat
A Tea - Spoonfull of Mustard
A Tea - Spoonfull of Sugar - to be mixed with a 
little Vinegar & grated Horse - Radish -
To make Cherry - Brandy -
Pick the Stalks off the Cherries, (but not quite close to 
present the Cherries being broke) fill the Bottle with Cherries
quite sound to the [crossed out] heap: - put nearly a 1/4 of a pound
of Sugar Candy into a Quart Bottle (with a wide mouth) then 
fill the Bottle with Brandy, shake it every two or three days - & (A)

Composition for removing Grease spots from Paper
Back - alum burnt, & flour of brimstone,
(of each an equal quantity) being finely
powdered, wet the paper a little, & put 
a small quantity of the powder upon the 
place rubbing it gently with your finger,
& the spots will disappear -
Monthly Magazine
For a lameness by Contraction - Egg liquor to be 
gently rubbed on the Contracted Parts two or three times
a day; - to be thus made.
Take the yolk of a hen laid Egg, let it be beaten
with a Spoon to the greatest thickness, then by a Spoonful
at a time add three Ounces of pure Water, agitating
the mixture that the Egg & Water may be well incorporated,
and let it be applied by gentle fiction. - The Gentleman's
magazine, July 1809 P. 626. -
(A) keep filling the Bottle with Brandy for a few days. -
Cork it up close - It is better when kept a year - ;
but may be fit to drink in 2 or 3 Months. = 

For Chopt Hands
One pound of best soft Soap, One Ounce of 
Spermaceti, two Drams of Camphire, a Common
tea - Cup of Sweet Oil, put into a clean stone Jar,
and set into a Pot of boiling Water, boil an 
hour; and then beat it 'till it is cold. -
Tincture of Rhubarb
One Ounce of Rhubarb cut in small Slices, one 
Drachm of Saffron, One Ounce of Cardamoms,
Seeds & husks to be bruised together, put into 
a pint of Brandy, let the Ingredients remain
in the Brandy. -
For The Rheumatism
One tea Spoonful of Volatile Tincture of 
Guiacam in a glass of White Wine at night 
& in the morning. - B. W. -
For a Cough
x - - 
Three desert spoonsfull of Treacle or Brown Sugar, three 
Do- of Vinegar & thirty drops of Laudanum; a desert spoonfull
to be taken at bed time, & a little whenever the 
cough is troublesome. - X vix a tea spoonful
- or Tablespoonsful 

Recipe to keep the feet dry & warm
Warm the soles of your Shoes, & rub them well
on the outside with warm tar; - Let the Shoes 
lie at a moderate distance from the fire until 
the tar has soaked in. Repeat the operation again 
& again, until the leather will imbibe no more.
Then, with a greasy rag or otherwise, rub off the 
superfluous tar, or stick paper on it for your 
first walk out. After an half hour's walk,
the shoes will not soil the nicest carpet.
Thus prepared, the leather is impenetrable to wet;
& the additional warmth, gained by this process,
would hardly be conceived, except by those who have 
experienced it. The Leather is also rendered more 
durable by this operation; & it's durability may 
to farther increased, if, on giving it the last 
coat of tar, you powder it over with iron filings,
which (the patenter says) will closely adhere 

to the leather, and become as it were incorporated
with it. As to smell, it emits none 
after half an hour's Walk.
N. B. In addition to the first preparation
of the Soles, it may be well to give Human
occasional coat of Tar during the course of 
their wear.
Gentleman's Magazine Der. 1809 - .
Filberts 
Grub up the Filbert suckers, when
planted, cut them off sia Treches above 
the ground - The next year save three 
Prongs in the first cutting for a Head,
the year after let them spread, and 
keep them hollow within side like 
a hoop. - Let them continue spreading
the next year, and so continue.


spreading for a tree. Cut every [crossed out] year 
from November to March and 
cut out the Scions to form a 
handsome tree. - Every year clear 
the suckers round the stem. -
And also put in a Bushel Basket
of Manure (Mould and Dung together)
Peine's Gardening
advice. - 
For Water Gruel.
Take a half a Pint of whole Grits, & boil them in a Quart
of Water 'till it comes to a Jelly. Then Add about 3/4
of a Pint of Cold milk, stirring it gradually up. Then Add 
Sugar, Nutmeg, Salt, or Butter to your taste. Straining the 
grits may be an Improvement, & the residue will make good 
milk Porridge. Mr E. H. -
For Indigestion
One Ounce of Rhubarb cut small, one dram of Saffron,
a quarter of an Ounce of Cardamoms - put into a pint of 
Brandy & bruised Seeds & husks together. Let the Ingredients
remain in the Brandy. Mrs Legezt.

Cement for Glass or China
Equal Quantities of Venice Turpentine, Gum Arabic
& Plaister of Paris - W. B. The Plaister of Paris
to be added only when wanted to be used. -
Mr Jet, natural Philosopher.
For Chopped Hands or Face 
Oil of Sweet Almonds & yellow Bees Wax will
beat into a Pomatum.
Malt Tea for a Cough
A Quart of boiling Water poured on three Spoonsful
or more of brown malt; of which half a Pint is to 
be taken every morning fasting.
For the Staggers
1 oz of Camphor, & 2 Ounces of Spirit of Wine.
To cause Sleep, when Laudanum does not agree,
& Persons cannot sleep without it. -
Take of London Treacle (or Philonium) One Scruple -
Pepper mint Water 1 oz & 1/2 - Simple Tincture of 
Valerias 40 drops - Syrup of Balsam 2 drams - Mix
them into a Draught, which must be taken on going to Bed 
To make a Cold Charge for a Strain
A Pint of Vinegar - 1/2 a pound of Bole Armoniac [crossed out]
[crossed out] & the Whites of three Eggs - 
little Tat.
An Alterative, Sulphur, Nitre & Antimony 1/2 a pound each made into a mass with honey flows, & 
a little Tar.

For the Rheumatism
20 Grains of Magnesia
4 Grains of Jame's Powder -
To be taken every night - going to Bed - for a considerate
time & to be repeated Occasionally.
For the Piles.
Oil of Almonds 2 drams
Mucilage of Gum Arabic 1/2 a dram
Rhubarb 5 Grains.
Rose-Water 6 drams.
Mix & make a Draught to be taken twice a day.
To destroy Bugs
Take Corrosive Mercury finely powdered &
Cologuintida in fine powder - each 1 oz - a pint 
of Spirits of wine -
shake them well in a Bottle, & was ye place
where they harbour well with a Brush. WB The Bed 
should not be lain in 'till a day or two after it is done.
For a Horse troubled with a Cough
1/2 a pound of Sulphur - 1/2 a pound of Salt - Petre,
1/2 a pound of Honey - with a large Spoonful of Antimony
made up into 12 Balls with a little flower. - 

A Method of marking Sheep by the Revd
C. Pine Coffia. of East Down, Devonshire
mark on each side of the nose of the Sheep
the initial of the Owner's name, and on the 
opposite Side any number chosen to designate
the particular Sheep with a small iron letter
or figure about once inch long, dipped in common
Oil Colours, mixed with turpentine to dry them
more readily. This will Continue 'till the next 
Season. It is attended with very little trouble
or Essence &c. -
For Calves when fatt0ing. -
1. Table spoonfull of Fenugreek powder
1 Do- of pound Chalk
2 Do. of Wheat Flour - made into a 
paste with Gin or Milk - Two Balls to be 
given night & Morng. - Half a spoonfull of 
Laudanum - or a Table spoonfull of 
Paregoric Elixir may added to the 
above - 

Normanseilles Tincture for the Teeth
Put 1/4 of an oz of Tincture of Myrrh into a 
Gill of Port Wine, & let it stand till it 
becomes quite clear - then add half a gill
of Brandy. It must be lowered with water
to the strength proper for use.
N. B. If there is any Scurvy in the Gums 
add a little Vinegar. The above quantity
will require as much Water as will
make a full pint.
Tooth Powder
Equal Quantities of Armenian Bole
Red Coral, Myrrh, & Dragons Blood
finely powdered & mixed together

K. G.
To cure Warts.
Wash the Hands twice a day in the Water
used by Blacksmiths to plunge their 
hot Iron in. - regularity in the use 
should be observed, and in six Weeks
or two Months the Warts will disappear. -
Dr. Day -
For the Head Ach 
Take Cascarilla bark bruised 3 Drachms
Boiling Water one pint. Mascerate for two
hours in a close Vessel - When cold Strain
the Liquor for use. -
Take of the above infusion 1 oz 1/2
Compound Tincture of Aloes 1 Drachm
Prepared Soda ten grains. -
Mix for a Draught. Take one twice a Day.

Nervous Drops - Dr. Day
Take of Volatile Tincture of Valerian 1 oz & 1/2
of Sal Volatile 1/2 an oz -
Mix them together & take a tea spoonful
twice a Day in some water.
Pills. - Dr Day -
Take of Sulphate of Iron. 18 grains. -
Myrrh &
Subcarbonate of Potash of each 26 G.
Let them be made into a mass, and
divided into twenty four equal pills,
Four to be taken twice a day. -
Pills - Mrs: C. C.
Gum ammoniac, Soap, Camphor,
Pill Rufa, and Hembook, of each half,
a Drachm, and 3 Grains of Calomel
made into 32 Pills. - One to be taken at night

Mrs. Lloyd.
For a Cough
Two table Spoonsful of Honey
Four Do of Water
Two Do. of Lemon juice
Two Do of Paregoric
Mix them well together, & take a teaspoonful
often. -
Pepper Gargle for putrid Sore Throat
1/2 pint of Vinegar - a table spoonful of 
Cayenne pepper - a tea Spoonful of fine
Salt. - & 1/2 pint of boiling Water. - The 
water to be poured on the Cayenne the other 
ingredients added afterwards. -
An Infallible cure for Inflammatory Rheumatism
4 Grains of Jame's powder - & 20 Grains
of Magnesia to be taken every night &
no Confinement necessary -
Avoid Wet feet -

The famous American receipt
for the Rheumatism
Two cloves of garlic, one dram of Gum ammonia
blend them by bruising them together, make them 
into two or three boluses fair water,
take one at night & one in the morning. drink
while taking this recipe sassafras tea made 
very strong 10 as to have the tea pot filld with
chips. This is generally found to vanish the 
Rheumatism & even contractions of the joints
in a short time.
Cement for Glass or China
Equal quantities of Venice Turpentine Gum
Arabic & Plaister of Paris. The Plaister of 
Paris to be added only when wanted to be used 

Infallible cure for the 
Hooping Cough
Dissolve twenty grains of salt of Tartar
in a Gill of Water - & ten grains of Cochineal
finely powdered, & sweeten it with fine sugar 
Give to an Infant a tea spoonful four 
times a day & to a Child of four years old
& upwards a Table spoonful four times.
To clean Plate -
2 oz of Calcined Hartshorn & 1 Qt - of Water
the Hartshorn to be finely powdered & Sifted
thro' Muslin - Boil in it a yd. of coarse
Calico till it has absorbed the whole of the 
Water - The plate is to be well rubbed with 
the Calico after being washed. -

To make Boots & Shoes Water proof
1/2 ℔ of Tallow -
4 oz of Hog's Lard
2 oz of Venice Turpentine
2 oz of New Bee's Wax
2 oz of Olive Oil -
Melt the whole in a Pipkin -
The Boots before the Application must 
have no dampness - that them well
at a clear fire - & apply as much of 
the melted Composition as the 
Leather will imbibe, - put it on with 
a Glazier's Brush - 

For a Slight feverish Complaint
5 Grains of Salt of Hartshorn
1 Tea Spoonfull of Lavender Drops
2 table Spoons full of Water -
To be taken twice or thrice in the Day 
To cure the Canker in Apple trees.
The canker in the stems and branches
of Apple trees may be cured by lifting
trees in October and November, and planting
them, and in above the land's level,
upon little Hills of common road sand.
No other application is wanted for the 
cankered Holes in the stem, but to rub
the road sand into the wounds, after 
cutting out the black. - Branches must 
must be cut away to sound wood:
and if you reduce the tree to a 

mere post; a new Head will quickly
shoot forth. -
Fire & Water proof Cement
To half a pint of milk, put an equal
quantity of vinegar in order to curdle
it; then separate the curd from the whey 
& mix the whey with the whites of four or 
five eggs, beating the whole together. 
When it is well mixed, add a little quick
lime, thro' a sieve until it has acquired
the consistency of thick paste. With
this cement broken vessels & cracks of all 
minds may be mended. It dries quickly
& resists the action of fire & water.

For Chilblains Mrs. Toke.
1 ℔ of Hogs lard, 2 Ozs of Bees Wax [crossed out] 1/4 of a ℔ of 
Yellow Resin, the other sort will not do,
3 halfpenny worth of linseed Oil. 2 Ozs of 
Deer Suet. These ingredients simmered
altogether for ten Minutes or a quarter
of an Hour till it is all properly dissolved
and well mixed, then pour it into 
Pots and tie it down for use.
It must be done in an earthen Pipkin
or bell Metal Skillet, it must not 
be done in any thing of Pewter, or Iron,
Copper or Tin. -
A Prescription it is supposed strengthening
Gentian an Oz & 1/2 sliced thin
Orange Peel 4/3 of an Ounce
Cardamom seeds bruised 3 Drahms
Long Pepper & Ginger of each 3 Dr. ms
Brandy a Quart

Saline Draught
20 gms. Carbonate of Kali -
15 gms. Concrete Acid - 2 table spoonsful
of water to the Kali & one to the Acid -
a little sugar must be added - 

To prevent drawings rubbing - to be 
applied to the back of them -
4 oz - highly rectified Sp: wine - 1/2 drachm
of camphorated do- 1 oz - Volatile Oil of 
Rosemary - 1 oz of the whitest resin
powdered - & put into the mixture - 
Two ounces of Oil of Almonds cold drawn 
2 ounces of syrup of Roses, one ounce of 
the best Cinnamon Water, mix together &
take a table spoonful every night before 
a confinement for 2 months.
Equal quantitys of Brandy Vinegar &
Water, Excellent for a fall or bruise 
to be used either externally or internally.

A Substitute for Salt of Lemons
Take equal quantities of Salt 
of Sorrel & Cream of Tartar, mix 
them well together.
A Plumb Pudding
Stoned raisins, suet, & flour of each
3/4 lb, a table spoonful of sugar, some 
lemon peel shred very fine, & one glass 
of brandy. To be stirred very stiff with 
milk & boiled 4 Hours. -
If Ratafia be added lemon peel
will not be necessary. -
Plumb Pudding 
1 ℔. of suet - chopped fine - 1 ℔ plumbs 
4 table spoonsfull of flour - 4 eggs well
beaten - 1/4 ℔. Sultana raisins - a little 
Citron & a few bitter almonds soaked
in brandy - Boil it 5 hours -

with a wooden spoon one way, taking care 
to prevent its burning to the bottom of 
the Vessel. It is ten or twelve Hours in 
boiling, when done it shuld be of the 
consistence of thick Cream, then put it 
into small Pots, & when cold Paper it.
It should me more boiled for keeping
To destroy Rats.
1/4 ℔ of Nux Vomica to be boiled 
in a Pint & half of Water, & then to 
be taken out & Sliced, & returned
into the same liquor, to be boiled
away to about a cupfull, where 
it is to be steeped with Wheat, & stand
for one Night. The Nux Vomica to 
be picked out & thrown away the 
wheat is then ready for use. - 

To stop Bleeding 
Take Powder of Bole Armoniac
mix it with Butter, & tie it on the 
wound. - Or. Take Hare down wet 
in Vinegar, scrape Chalk on it and 
lay it on the wound.
Elder Rob.
Gather the elder Berries when full
ripe & dry, strip them and put them 
into an earthen Vessel, & put that 
into a Pot of Water over the Fire, & let 
it boil 4 Hours, then take the Berries
& break them with your Hands small &
put them into a Hair sieve to drain then
take the liquor & let it boil slowly over 
a Charcoal fire, constantly stirring it 

To prevent your hair falling off. -
Put four pounds of unadulterated
Honey into a still, with twelve handfuls
of the tendrils of Vines, and the 
same quantity of Rosemary tops. Distil
as cool and as slowly as possible
The Liquor may be allowed to drop
till it begins to taste sour. -
For the Stone & Gravel.
Take black berries before they are ripe,
but when turned red, tie them up close in 
a pot, & set them over a fire 'till they 
are reduced to a pulp, then strain them 
and to a Pint of Juice put a ℔ of Powder
Sugar, boil it to a Jelly, & put it up 
for use. At going to Bed, take the 
quantity of a large Nutmeg. -

Lord Somervilles Recipe for the Foot - hot in Sheep
It consists of butter of Anitmony rubbed into the 
foot, after it is carefully pared out, so as to leave 
no Cavity in the horn. It is easiest applied with a 
small stick cut flat. The Sheep must then be [crossed out] kept in a 
dry place for three or four hours, & separated from the 
flock for a few days afterwards. When this disease is 
taken in time, & shows itself only between the hoofs, where 
they separate, then one Application will be effective; but 
it is a strong remedy, & must be applied with discretion. 
Rams are more subject to the foot - rot than Ewes or 
Wethers, & more difficult to be cured. In paring out the 
feet, care must be taken not to cut off the toe - vein,
at the extremity of the hoof, because the blood in that case 
would not circulate to the extremity of the foot, and so 
it will be weakened altogether; but the dead horn should
all be cut out. 

A Receipt to cure the bloody merrain,
particularly on [cross out] grass in a dry Summer in black Cattle.
Take of Cellendine, The ragweed, and plantain, a 
Large handful of each; one oz. of bole Ammoniæ, One 
pint of Salt; shred the herbs small, and put them 
in a pot with a Quart of strong beer; let them simmer
for half an hour, till the juice is reduced to a Quart,
which share off, and let cool; Put this into the Cow 
with a drenching horn or Boale, and tie her up for 
four hours from water; after which lead her to Water 
she has not been accustomed to, and let her drink as 
much as she will take. - The London Chronicle Novr 8, 1810
Cure for the yellows in Sheep - when grazing
on red [Wines?] &c. -
On the first discovery to take a little blood 
from every one, and remove them to another fara
at a distance. This has prevented any farther loss 
for Six' years past, although no Change was made in 
their food. Whether it was owing to the bleeding, or 
the Change of Air, or the journey, is uncertain. From Do.

should be taken out, and put into a pan of boiling
water to kill them: for, if thrown out any where, they 
will recover, and get into the house again. -
The Gentleman's Magazine, March 1810. -
For a Horse - Cough -
82, or 84 Grains of Dr James's fever Powder to be taken
every morning for a week, & to be given with honey 
in the Paper - mashes to be given - The Horse
to be taken out a little, if the Weather is fine.
- Layton (& flying Harries) Jan 24, 1801.
Caterpillars, Ants, and other Insects, are immediately destroyed
on being sprinkled with a liquor thus compounded -
namely, Soap, flour of Brimstone, and Champignons,
equal Quantities, dissolved by a gentle heat, in 
twenty times their united weight of Water. London Chronicle Aug. 21. 1810.
For the Distemper in Dogs

they should likewise be kept dry & warm. - never give 
Spirits which is as ineffectual remedy in violent Cases, and 
will prove fatal in case of inflammation; but in slight
cases, proceeding from cold on lying in the wet, it 
sometimes gives case, but it should never be resorted to 
when the other remedy can be bad. - Antish Gazette 09 
To destroy Black Beatles in Kitchens, Cellars &c
Take one pound of treacle, to which add about two tablespoonfuls
of flour, and as much table - beer as will thin it 
to the consistence of Syrup; then pour in about 20 drops
of the Oil of Aniseed, just to give it the Scent, but not 
too powerful; otherwise, instead of Attracting, it will 
drive them away. As much of this mixture as will cover the 
bottom of those white Pots which are used by Pastry - Cooks for 
Jams and Jellies will be sufficient; these being glazed,
the Beatles when once in cannot get out again; but the 
Outside of them must be covered with a Cloth quite to 
the edge for them to walk up. As many of these Pots may be 
placed about as the Person thinks necessary, (I have always
used about a dozen) and the next morning the Beatles

For the Gripes in Horses
Take about a Quart of beer, warm it a little above 
blood heat, then put a Table Spoonful of powdered
Ginger into it, and also a small wine - glass full of 
laudanum just before you put it down, which will
give ease in a short time; but if the compliant be 
exceedingly violent, give about half the quantity
again in fifteen or 20 minutes. As soon as you find the 
pain abated, give the horse a good dose of purgatives:
the briskest & fastest is Castor Oil. Salts are of too 
cold a nature. The purgative most by no means be
omitted but in Case of looseness, when none need be 
given, as the laudanum, which is of a strong boiling
nature, will correct the lax. Purgatives are frequently
given by themselves, which will often answer of [?] paroxysms
To not what; but if they are so, it will often prove
fatal before ye purgative can act, owing to the great strength
& horizontal position of the intestines - Horses that have had 
the Gripes ought not to have green food again for a week 
or ten days. Their food should be good hay with warm [barley].

To clean Mahogany Tables
To one pint of Cold drawn Linseed Oil, add
a small quantity of Rose Pink & Alkanet
Root. Let this mixture stand 24 hours before 
you use it, then put it on your Tables with a 
soft rag, let it lay on an hour or two after 
which rub it clean off with a dry cloth.
Repeat this method till the Tables have 
acquired a high polish. Be carefull to rub 
all the old Oil off before any fresh is put on.
To make Stuffing - for a small Turkey 
About a Penny loaf of Bread grated - a very little nutmeg - a quarter of a 
Pound of Suet - About a handful of Parsley -
and half as much of lemon thyme. - Salt & little Pepper. M. L.
Caper Sauce
A Table Spoonful of Capers chopped fine - Common Melted Butter,
and four large Spoonfuls of Water - Do 
Anchovy Sauce - two Anchovis choppd 
fine - put them into a quarter of a pound of butter, a large 
table Spoonful of good Strong Gravy. - Do-

To clean the Tops of Boots 
The White of One Egg 
One Pint of milk 
A Quarter of an Ounce of red Spirit of Lavender
A Tea - Spoonful of Vitriol -
to be kept in a Quart Bottle stopped - 
put a little into a Cup, when wanted - June 18 - 08.
Normanscilles Tincture for the Teeth.
Put 1/4 of an Ounce of Tincture of Myrrh into a Gill of Port
Wine, & let it stand 'till it becomes quite clear. Then add 
half a Gill of Brandy. It must be lowered with water to the 
strength proper for use. W.B. If there is any Scurvy in the 
Gums, add a little Vinegar The above Quantity will require
as much water as will make a full Pint. Mrs C C.
Tooth Powder.
Equal Quantities of Bole Ammoniac, Red Coral, Myrrh,
& Dragon's Blood, finely powdered and mixed together. Do.

Receipt for Blacking
A Quarter of a pound of Ivory Black 
A Quarter of a pound of Treacle.
1 oz. of Gum Arabic -
1 table Spoonful of Sweet Oil
1 oz of Spirits of Wine -
- of Vinegar.
put in first the Treacle and the Oil - stir them 
well together - then all the vinegar - & ye Spirits of 
Wine - to be poured into a large Bottle -
Cut a notch in ye Cork - [crossed out] & use a small stick with 
a bit of Sponge on it to for blacking & Shoes &c -
For a Person who is apprehensive of the Palsy
Simple Penny royal Water half a Pint, simple 
Peppermint Water four ounces, simple Tincture
of Valerian three ounces, Compound Spt of 
Lavenders in Drachms, as much fine Sugar 
as is sufficient. -

For a Person in a weak state of health
To a Leg of Pork about to ℔s put 3 Gall of water
half an ounce of mace & the same of nutmeg sliced
Let stew till it is reduced to one Gallon. Shin
it perfectly clean & free from fat then strain it off 
Let the Patient take a Coffee Cup of it warm'd 
the first thing in the morning, at noon, at 4 o clock
& at Bed time.
For the Head ach Dr Baily
Spearmint Water one ounce & a half
fine Powder of Cardamine flowers half a Drachm
Spirit of nutmegs one Drachm
Mix for a Draught to be taken twice in the day

double cloth into a pan & let it stand all night, then 
take out the cake of fat & wipe it dry, then slice it into 
the pot & add half an oz of Camphire, put it into 
another kettle of cold water & let it boil 2 hours then 
strain again into the pan & keep it stirring till the 
whole is cold. When it begins to turn white put in 
half an oz of sperma ceti finely beaten stirring it equally
all the time that it may not cool in large lumps 
Clarke's Cordial 
Four ozs of the best Rhubarb sliced, 1 oz Chochineal
bruised 1 oz of Senna, 2 ozs Liquorice Root powder'd, 1 oz 
coriander seed, 1 oz Fennel seed, 1 ℔ of Jar Raisins,
half an oz of saffron, Gallon of Brandy. Put in a 
stone Jar stopped & shaken every day for 10 days
then filterd & Bottled & close seal'd -

Mrs Clarke's Pomatum
Take the Cauls of a Sal Wether hot out of the Sheep
about 6 or 7 ℔s weight & wash it in several waters
till it is not greasy, & pick out all the bloody veins.
"Lay it in new earthen vessel cover'd with water for 
8 days shifting it every day in fresh water if the weather 
be cold, but if it be hot it must be shifted 2 or 3 times
a day, then beat it in a marble mortar by degrees, till 
it is as smooth as butter, then add a pint of mountain 
wine 2 ozs of sweet storax. Calam & Drms 2 ozs of Benjamin
half an oz of each of the 4 cold seeds, 2 ozs of sweet orris 
root 6 Lemons with all the yellow & white rinds pared
off, all these to be chopped small & laid in regular 
rows a row of the beaten fat & a sprinkling of the sweets
&c. Then put all in a pot & tie it very close with a white 
paper & leather over it, & put the pot into a Kettle of cold 
water & let it boil 8 hours, then strain thro' a fine 

it in a Bowl of cold water & drain it well. Do it over 
as often as is necessary but dry it between each time
Method of curing the Foot - rot in Sheep
To effect this Cure it is directed to pare the hoofs of the 
Sheep affected with the disease, in such a manner as to leave 
no hollow to hold the dirt; and if matter be formed, care
should be taken to let it out, and the feet washed clean
from dirt with stale Urine, & wiped with a Sponge; then
the Sheep are to be put into a horse or [a] Shed, the floor 
of which has been previously spread about two inches thick
with quick - lime reduced to powder by a small quantity
of water. The Sheep should stand upon it for Six or 
Seven hours, when the Cure will be effected, provided the lime 
be fresh from the Hils. - The effect of this remedy is 
supported by two Certificates, and the Inventor was rewarded
with a medal of the Society of Arts. The Ease with which 
the Experiment may be tried will recommend the Application 
to the [crossed out] Shepherd, whose flocks may be affected
with this distressing malady. - Kentest Gazette July 4
1809 = 

To clean Bronze
Clean it by strewing the leather with the red Powder
& breathing on the Urn & rubbing the breath directly
while it remains damp. To be done every time it is 
used, or at least with a Calico or Linnen Rag or 
Leather, but not Flannel old Cloth is better than 
new. Use a brush & whiting for the Cock, or any 
part of the Urn that is white.
To dye yellow 
Take half an oz of Spanish Arnatto & 3 ozs of 
Pearl Ashes, put them into 8 or 10 qrts of water.
Boil them an hour, put in your linnen & boil it a 
qr of an hour, then boil it an hour in clear water 
& afterwards rinse it .
To dye Chip Bonnets Black 
Brush your Bonnet inside & out with common Ink 
thoroughly drain it but dont put it by the Fire 
Then brush it over with Japan Ink, but first put 

single instance of one having 
entered by an open window or Door 
to which this liquid has been 
applied. To keep them away 
from the Horses it is sufficient
to smear the harness, the girth
or the Saddle with this Liquid - 
Ointment for a swelling in a Cows Udder
Take Adders Tongue, Parsley, Mallows Plantain
Leaf, Elder Leaf, Bean Leaf of each a like quantity
cut them small & put to them Goose Grease or 
Butter, when it has stood some days boil it up 
then strain it & keep it for use.

close the pot hermetically Cutting the 
interstices of the lid with flour paste.
After the contents of the pot have 
boiled sufficiently take it from the fire 
and let it stand 24 hours in a cool 
place, then uncover the pot and 
with a feather smear the frames
of the windows and Doors both of 
apartments and stables, from which
you are desirous of keeping the flies.
A single Coat is sufficient for the 
whole Season, but if the rain should
chance to take it off, case must be 
taken to renew it - The small of 
this preparation which is scarce
perceptible to ham, is so insupportable
to flies, that there is not a 

A Piece of thread drawn through some Blister
ointment, to be applied round the back of 
the Ear - When the Sore occasioned by the 
Blister is completely healed, another should 
be applied in the same manner. -
For a humming in the Ear. - W. Long. 
Mix 2 ℔ of White Lead - & one Quart of Linseed Oil,
& half a pint of Spirit of Turpentine -
Receipt for keeping flies out of apartments & stables
Taken from the London Chronicle August 14 1806
Put into an Earthen Pot half a pound
of Cantharides, an ounce & 1/2 of gourd
seed, mother wort, Sassafras, root of St 
John's Wort, & spirit of Ants of each 
half an ounce, a quarter oz of orpiment
& a good handful of savin, the 
whole cut small or reduced to powder,

Cure - All
A Pint of Old Rum -
An Ounce of Camphire -
An Ounce of Tutty - Powder -
An Ounce of Lapis Calaminaris.
- put all into a Quart Bottle - & shake it 
five or Six times a day for as many days -
It is good in Rheumatisms, pains of the 
Joints, Green wounds & Sprains. - made Novr 24 1804 
A Sweet Pot 
A Layer of Sweet Flowers 
mixed together with Spices -
A Layer of Bay - Salt -
A Layer of Flowers 
Do. of Bay - Salt.
To kill moths in a wardrobe or Drawer,
Half an Ounce of Cologuintida - burn it in a 
Tin - plate - or Bags in Woollen Cloths - with Camphor & black 
pepper - or Russia Leather - or burn two pounds of brimstone 
in a pan in the room - Many woollen Drapers put bits of Camphor
the size of a nutmeg in papers, on different parts of their Shelby
at thus shops; & as they examine their Cloths every 2, 3, or 4 months,
they keep them free from moths. - 

Spilsbury' Blister for Splants &c:
1 Dram of Euphorbuim
Do of Sublimate
Do of Spanish Flies
Do of Mercurial Ointment
1/2 Do of Oil of Thyme
3 Drams of Hog's Lard
For Horse's feet
Two Ounces of Hog's Lard}
Half a Pint of Tar -}
An Ointment for Horses Hoofs (B)
Two Ounces of Horses Turpentine
Two Ounces of Tar -
One Pound of Hog's Lard
A Quarter of a Pint of Oil -
To be used three times a Week
J. R. s. 
made warm & used with a brush for Horses Hoofs.
twice or thrice a week -
- WB.
About one Table Spoonful of Spirit of 
Turpentine to be mixed with the above for any 
bruises or Injuries to the feet of horses - if 
pricked in Shoeing &c. - 
If a Horse casts a Shoe, - when new Shod,
stuff the foot with tow dipped in this.
For Hopping the Feat of Horses.
Use Tar & Cow - dung - perhaps every other night.

Cordial Balls
Aniseed -
Card:
Cum.
Flour of Sulphur 2 Ounces
Turmeric one ounce & an half -
English Saffrom 2 drams
White Sugar -
Liquorice Powder one Ounce & an half
Spanish Juice 2 Ounces to be dissolved in Water.
To make a Ball - add any powder to make
it into a mass. -
Oz 6 of Aniseed a few drops. S. -
For a Horse - Cold.
2 Cloves of Garlick beat in a mortar with honey & flour -
to be made into a Ball of the size of a Pidgeon's Egg.
Another for Do
Half a Gallon of Brat
&
Three Table Spoonfulls of Linseed. (- about 3d - 6d per gallon)
(B) or Fill nearly a pint bason 
matter Hog's lard -
add 2 Table Spoonsful of Venice Turpentine
& Half a Pint of Tar. - 

To Stop Scowering in Cattle
Take half a Pint of old verjuice, and mix in it an ounce
of bole - Armoniac reduced to powder; or, for want of 
this, bruise to powder a large handful of kennel - Coal, and 
give it in a quart of new milk three mornings together.
A Lamb till a year old; in the second year it 
has two broad teeth before; in the third year, four; is 
the fourth year, Six; and in the fifth year, eight. They 
far we are led on by certainty; but after this it is 
only guess - work: If the Teeth be long, yellow, and broken,
it is a sign of great Age
In November
Moss - harrow your lands, either Tumor Pasture or 
Meadow -
The following is said to be a certain Preventative
against the loss of lambs by Jones: - ♏︎ in equal 
quantities of tar, train oil, and black brimstone;
dress the lambs as soon as possible with as much of 
this Ointment as will lie on a half Crown. By 
touching the places where the poultry are kept 
with this mixture they will be equally grease.
London Chronicle march 19, 1810 - 

make & repair your ditches, clear your water - courses.
Repair quickest hedges, by laying the thorns
down in gaps, or open places, where the fence
is thin at ye bottom; nick ye thorns two thirds of 
the way through, in order to make them bend & 
lie easy. If the hedge be ever so ragged & 
thin, provided the tops will meet; the young [illegible] will short out & they will make
a good fence. - 
Early lambs are now dropping; turn the Ewes
to turnips, if you have any; which will fatten
the lambs quickly; but if the Weather be wet,
and the ground soft, it will be too cold for 
the lambs; in this case, pull the turnips,
and take them to the Ewes on grass land.
Towards the latter End of the Month, if the 
Weather be open, Tow Vetches, whether for Seed,
fodder, or feeding on the ground. -
Dress your Meadows. - Cut and spread 
Ant - hills - by which means, the Ants, being reposed
at this severe season will be destroyed. - Spread Ashes
on the Pigeon house floor, to keep the dung from caking.

Bees
243 - Remember your bees, and if weak, feed them
with Cakes made of malt - flour, mixed up with Sweet-wort,
or a Cake made of rye - meal, mixed with 
treacle water; or give them brown Sugar. Also
turn up the hive, and sprinkle it well; with 
sweet-wort, or treacle - water.
January.
Flood your marshy or low land, or any other
whereon you can turn water. In order to this,
take in the water out of any river or drain,
at the highest part of the field; convey it 
first along the head of the said field, by a streak
Surface - Grip, or drain; about a foot wide,
and the same deep; at about every ten yards
distance, cut, with a plow, a furrow sloping - wise
of the nib; so that when the furrows are full,
the Water will flow over at the lowest Side;
this is easily done; as there are few fields but 
what one Side is higher than [crossed out] yr other.
If the Weather be frosty, carry out dung; leave it in 
heaps, ready for spreading, when the frost is gone.

Cordial Balls - P. 208
Cummin Seeds,
Anise - Seeds,
Caraway Seeds, of each, 4 oz
Ginger, ... 2 oz
Treacle enough to make it of a proper 
Consistence for Balls. The dose of about 2 oz.
Another
Aniseeds, Caraway Seeds,
the greater Cardamom Seeds
of each one ounce, flour of 
Brimstone two ounces,
Turmeric one ounce & an 
half, Saffron two drachms
Liquorice Juice (dissolved
in a little water) two ounces
Oil of Aniseeds half an ounce,
Liquorice powder one ounce &
an half wheat flour for a paste.
To preserve Lambs from Foxes.
Put a Streak of tar over their loins, Shoulders,
and round their necks. -
To cure any Wound in a Sheep.
Mix together an equal quantity of tar, 
turpentine, and fresh butter; apply it as a 
plaister; and it will cure any Sore.
P. 182 verlo To mix Salt with Hay when it is stacking
On Every layer of Hay, sprinkle a quantity
of dry Salt. It is inconceivable the value that 
five bushels of Salt would be of in a stack 
wheat contained ten waggon load of hay; & so in proportion
or if a greater quantity of Salt, it is so much the better, for you
cannot put too much.

In slight Cases of Grease the Astringent
Lotion and a few Diuretic Balls will greasily
effect a Cure -
Astringent Lotion no. 1 -
Alum powdered - 1 oz
Vitriolic Acid - 1 dr.
Water - 1 pint.
no 2
Alum powder'd 4 oz 
Vitriolated Copper 1/2 oz 
water 1 pint & 1/2
no 3
Sugar of Leads 4 oz
Vinegar - 6 oz 
water - 1 oz 
mix . ,
Windgalls -
Blisters are the only Applications likely
to be of Service; and these seldom effect
a Cure unless assisted by rest. - Apply 
Rollers or bandages to the legs, keeping them
constantly moist with the following Embrocation.
Muriate of Ammoniate 1 oz 
Muriatic Acid - 1/2 oz 
Water - 1 quart.
Astringent Ointment no 1 -
Hog's Lard 4 oz 
Oil of Turpentine 2 drams
Acetated water of Letharge 1/2
no 2 
Venice Turpentine 1 oz} White's Compendium
Hog's Lard - 4 oz}
Alum finely powdered 1 oz}

A Laxative Ball to relieve a Cough
& the lungs. P. 213 Do 
Succotrine Aloes 1/2 ounce
Castile Soap - 3 drams.
Syrup enough to form the Ball for one dose.
The Ball for Broken wind to be given
for a Week.
Powdered Squills - 1 dr.
Gum Ammoniacam 1/2 oz.
Powdered Aniseeds 3 dr.
To be made into a Ball with Syrup, for one dose. 
Alterative Powder
Powdered Rosin and Nitre, of each, 4 oz.
mix & divide into eight doses.
nothing tends so much to prevent Grease, and 
swelling of the legs, as frequent [crossed out] hand - rubbing;
and cleaning the [crossed out] heels carefully, as soon as 
a hose comes in from Exercise.
In Obstinate Cases use the Mercurial Alterative
Calomel 1/2 dram} Castile Soap 2 dr:
Aloes 1 dram} Oil of Juniper 30 drops.
To be made into a Ball [crossed out] with Syrup for one dose.

Fever Powder P. 27 Do
no 1
Powdered nitre 1 oz.
Camphor and Tartarized
Antimony of each - 2 dr.
Mix for one dose.
no 3
Antimonial Powder - 3 dr. 
Camphor - 1 dr.
mix for one dose.
Ball for a Cough no 1.
Succotrine Aloes - 1 dr.
Castile Soap & Tartarized} 2 dr
Antimony, of each 1}
To be made into a Ball with Syrup. - to be 
given every morning, until moderate purging
is procured, and if it continues after this;
let the Ball no 2. be given every morning for a week.
Powdered Squills - 1 dr.
Gum Ammoniacum - 3 dr. 
Opium - 1/2 dram 
Syrup enough to form the Ball.

Diureticks P. 199. Do Formulæ
both convenient and efficacious.
no 1.
Castile Soap - 4 oz 
Powdered Rosin of each, & nitre 2 oz 
Oil of Juniper - 1/2 oz 
Linseed Powder and Syrup enough to give it a 
proper Consistence, to be divided into Six Balls
for strong, or eight for weak delicate Horses.
no 2 
Castile Soap 4 oz 
Venrci Turpentine 2 oz.
Powdered Ani-seeds enough to give it a proper 
Consistence, to be divided into Six Balls. 
Fomentations - are commonly made 
by boiling Wormwood, Southern wood, Camomile
Flowers, and Bay leaves in water, so as to make a 
strong decoction, which being strained off, is to be 
applied as hot as it can be, without giving pain
to the Animal by means of large flannel Cloths 
They must be consisted for a considerable time & frequently repeated -

Physic no 1 
Succotrine Aloes - 5 dr.
Prepared natron - 2 dr.
Aromatic Powder 1 dr.
Oil of Caraways - 10 drops
Syrup enough to form the Ball, one dose 
no 2
Succotrine Aloes - 7 dr.
Castile Soap - 1/2 oz 
Powdered Ginger - 1 dr.
Oil of Caraways - 10 drops.
Syrup enough to form the Ball, one dose 
no 3 
Succotrine Aloes - 1 oz:
Prepared natron 2 dr.
Aromatic Powder - 1 dr.
Oil of Ani-seeds - 10 drops
Syrup enough to form the Ball for one dose.
The Ball, no 2. I have generally found sufficient
for strong horses, and have scarcely ever had Occasion
to go further than no 3 -

no 2
Venric Turpentine - 1 oz 
Mix with the yolk of an Egg, and add gradually
Peppermint - 1 pint
Spirit of nirtrons Ether 1/2 oz 
Mix for One dose.
no 3
Camphor - 2 dr.
Oil of Turpentine 1/2 oz.
Mint Water - 1 pint -
Mix for One dose 
The Bake - for this purpose in travelling
Castile Soap 3 dr.
Camphor - 2 dr.
Ginger - 1 1/2 dr.
Venric Turpentine 6 dr.
To be made up into a Ball for one dose
An Alterative for the Grease
Succotrine Aloes - 1 Oz.
Castile Soap - 1 1/2 Oz
Powdered Ginger & Myrrh of each 1/2 Oz.
syrup enough to form the mass, to be divided into 6 Balls.

Flatulent Cholic, Gripes, or Fret.
A G. composed of Six - Quarts of water
Gruel or warm water, and 8 oz Common Salt.
If the disease has existed for several hours, & the 
pain appears to be very considerable, it will be 
adoriable to bleed to 3 Quarts.
The venter may be rubbed with the 
Mustard Embrocation - 
If the disease be very Obstinate - give a 
Pint of Castor Oil, with 1 oz 1/2 Tincture
of Opium.
The Draught no 1.
Balsam of Capivi - 1 oz 
Oil of Juniper - 1 dr:
Spirit of nitrons Ether 1/2 oz 
Simple Mint Water - 1 pint 
Mix for one dose.

P. 209
Alterative Powders - White's Compendium
" These are Medicines which produce their 
" Effects almost insensibly; the following formulæ
" will be found efficacious"
no 1 
Levigated Antimony - 6 oz.
Flowers of Sulphur - 8 oz 
Mix for eight doses.
no 2
Powdered Rosin - 4 oz.
nitre - 3 oz 
Tartarized Antimony - 1 oz.
Mix for eight doses.
no 3 
Unwashed Calx of Antimony - 2 oz 
Calomel - 2 dr:
Powdered Anise Seeds - 4 oz.
Mix for eight doses
Should a Ball be thought more convenient 
than a Powder, the Change may be easily made 
by the Addition of Syrup and Linseed Powders.

For a Horse with an inveterate Grease
Soft Soap - 1/2 a pound - 
One Ounce of Sallad Oyl -
mix with Oatmeal - 3 or 4 table Spoonfuls.
Two feeds of Oats per day - One gallon of 
bran - nearly a gallon of Water for [crossed out] one Cold
mash, at Night. -
Two ounces of nitre per day Occasionally -
Keep him in a loose Stable, or Bare, night 
& day - when cleaned. - R. W. 
Shoe the near foot before - within the heel, quite 
flat - The Shoe rather higher or [thresher?] / between 
the edge of a Shelling & half Crown / in the bead
that is in the Inside - than on the Outside 
of the Shoe. - Do to prevent Cutting -
South - Down Shepherds say, that half a Pint of 
Linseed Oil given to a Sheep, when first blown,
is a certain Cure. -

Three ounces of Spirits of Wine -
One ounce of Sal - Ammoniac -
The whole quantity to be rubbed in (twice)
on all four legs of the black mare 
Wakeman
A Table Spoonful of Spirits of wine 
A Tea - Spoonful of Sal Ammoniac -
For a Cut or Wound in a Horse or Bullock.
Do 
One Ounce of Common Turpentine & One Ounce of 
Hog's Lard, or fresh Butter, warm it on the 
fire in a ladle, or Pipkin; when cool, put in 
on the fore feet with [crossed out] the Spatula - &
put tow upon it fixed on with two cross Sticks.
- let it be done two nights successively - then 
omit for a night or two - G. -
Sheep - Shearing
One Pound of Brimstone & one Quart of Grain Oil
& so in proportion - rub about an inch along the back
of ye sheep from head to tail - immediately after 
Shearing them: add to ye above half a pound of 
red open beat very Fine - This will prevent the Fly -

For Sheep infected with the Fly
A handful of Rue - do' of Elder leaves & 
half a pound of butter just churn'd & without 
any Salt - to be rubbed on. -
Another - Kenpi for Do 
A Table - Spoonful of Tar- and a Table - Spoonful
of Cream - / The Sympathy between the lungs and the 
Liver occurs in Sheep which are liable to 
a perpetual dry Cough, when the fleak - 
- Worm is preying on the Substance of their Livers. See Class - 25
115. ♏︎. From half a Grain to a Grain of Opium twice a day (1)
For the Distemper (A Cold) among horses
in June 1798. -
(1)
a dram of Mercurial ointment
rubbed on the region
of the liver every 
night for eight or,
ten times. Darwin's
4 vol. P. 250.
[crossed out]
Two Ounces of Anniseed -
Two Ounces of Liquorice Powder -
One Ounce of Turmeric -
Three drams of Aloes -
One Ounce of Soap
One Ounce of honey -
To be given in three pints of very clear & thin
Water-gruel-
To be given two mornings successively - bleed
after the 1st - take away [crossed out] three pints of Blood -
Wakeman - 

For Moon - Blindness - Bart Phar: Hip: P. 170 -
Sublimate Mercury, & Common Soap, of each two ounces -
Oil of Bays one ounce mixed together - to be rubbed on 
the temporal Arteries -
For the disorder, called Blowing in Cattle.
Line - Water a Gallon; ginger, in powder, an ounce;
Opium, half a dram; gin or brandy, a pint. Digest
all together, and keep in a bottle well corked. -
A Sheep may take a quarter of a point every hour;
a Bullock a Quart, in the same manners. If 
any kind of drink is required, or is in the least
Admissible lime - Water is proper.
For Knots, or any Injury to the Skin of a Horse
Tincture of Myrrh} of each, equal parts.
Oyl of Turpentine}
White Ointment - Olive Oil - White wax & 
Spermacati. & 2 drams of Camphor. make the White Camphorated Ointment.
For a Horse / Cough
Two Cloves of Garlick beat in a Mortar - with honey &
flour - each ball of the size of a Pigeon's Egg -
Half a gallon of bran & another three table Spoonfuls of Linseed.

Another, mild Purge, (A) Half an Ounce
see: Bartlett Far: P. 18.
One Ounce of the best Succotrine Aloes -
One dram of Ginger -
One dram of Rhubarb - (A) or 
made into a Ball with solutive Syrup of Roses.
To be given in a morning - three hours after
a feed of Scalded Bran - the night before 
a Mash with nitre. R. Moland.
For a Horse in the Distemper (a sort of Cold)
in the Spring 1798 - 
Half an Ounce of Barbadoes Tar -  
One Ounce of Honey - 
A Quarter of an ounce of Mustard. 
R. Wakemary
Another for Do.
2 drams of Ipecacuhea
2 drams of Laudanum 
made into a Ball
with Honey & flour.
Take of coarse brown bread and boil'd turnips of each equal
parts, mash them over a fire, add a sufficient quantity of stale 
Beer, to give it a Consistence, and stir in flour of mustard
One Ounce, - turpentine two Ounces - linseed powder three 
Ounces - and lard Six ounces or sufficient to keep it from 
getting too stiff. -

For a Horse - Cough
Diapinte } of Each two Ounces
Elicampane }
Liquorish Powder }
Of Tar three Spoonfulls -
Honey and Flour to make them into a Ball.
To be given in a morning fasting about the 
size of a double Walnut. -
Let Garlick be sliced and put into his Corn.
Take away 2 Quarts of Blood. Birch -
Horse - Purging Ball. 
Of the finest Aloes made into an impalpable powder ten 
Drachms, Jalap Root powdered two drachms - Chrystals
of Tartar three Drachms - Venice Treacle half an 
Ounce - make into a Ball with Honey. [crossed out] Liquorice 
Powder may be used, if necessary, to make it of a due 
Consistence, and when made into a Ball - let it be roll'd
in the Powder likewise. - The Aloes may be increased
to twelve drams, & the Jalap to three for a strong 
Horse. - C. Nourse, Oxford.

For a Sprain
To 2 ounces of Camphor put a quart of 
rectified spts of wine, add to this a bullocks
gall warm from the beast -
For Lice, Fly, or Ticks in Sheep
Camphorated Uretion - or Butter & Brimstone -
or turpentine camphorated - or Copperas Water 
One ounce of camphor, & two ounces of 
spts of wine for the staggers. -
For a Horse - Cough:
R. one ounce of nitre
one ounce of Honey
A Quarter of an ounce of Camphire.
If the Cough is bad, add half an ounce of 
Venice Treacle.
Amb. Godfrey.
For the Scab in Sheep
R. One Gallon of Pork or Beef Brine
Two ounces of Mercury
One Pint of Turpentine - mixed & shook together.
2. Hampton - of Ashford.
Another
For Do - One Dram of = Mercury to a Quart of water.

For a fatting Calf
Chalk & Barley flower made into a Ball with White 
Brandy of the size of a Pigeon's Egg. -
For a Horse in the Gripes.
Epsom Salts 6 Ounces,
Castor Oil half a Pint,
Tincture of Senna half a Pint,
Water Gruel One pint, mixed for a dose. A. Godfrey.
For a Horse Bullock in the Gripes.
Half a Pound of Epsom Salts, in a quart of 
Warm Gruel - to be given in a horn - may be repeated
in about Six hours. - Barton
For a Horse in a fever -
Five Grains of Tartar Emetick, & one dram of nitre -
to be given two mornings & two Evenings; successively -
Savin & Box cut & mixt with corn will cure the worms 
in Horses. - Smith.
- For a Scouring Bullock 
An Ounce and an half of Armenian Bole in a 
Quart of Old Small Beer boiled to a Pint.
Davies -
For a Bullock that is blown. - Blow a Hen's Egg - & fill it 
with Tar - & put Shell & Tar down the throat - Solvet Gentrem.

For a Horse in a Fever -
A Quarter of an Ounce of Emetic Tartar Dr H Smith.
For a Sore Back
Two ounces of Barbadoes Aloes - Do of Roman Vitriol
(finely powdered) - one Pint of Spirits of Wine, one 
Pint of Verjuice. - Mix them together & shake the 
Bottle well. - J. H. May 3, 1777.
For Do
Flour & Strong Beer made into a Salve, & spread
on a piece of White Glove.
A Mash for a Horse
One Gallon of Bran - Half A Gallon of Oats - About
three Quarts of Boiling water poured upon the bran & Oats -
to be well stirred, & the pail to be colored for half an hour.
T: Taylor . F. L. -
For a Horse or Bullock
Half a Pound of Epson Salts in a quart of Gruel,
warm, to be repeated in about Six hours.
To clean a Bit
With a little triple - dust & oyl, if rusty, on soft wash -
- leather - & when not rusty, with a little dry triple dust 
on a bit of leather. - John Latehford no 386 Oxford Street. 
11 To cured, - It is to be repeated. - WB. Light Shoulders & good feet are 
essential in a flinty Country. - James Birch. -

For the Distemper among Dogs.
Ipecacuanha 4 Grains, Laudanum 3 or 4 drops - made 
into a Pill - repeat it the second day -
or -
mix from seven to fifteen grains of turbeth mineral
according to the size and Age of the Dog, with butter, & 
give it every other morning 'till you procure the good effects
which will generally take place in about ten days or a 
fortnight. If it should be too powerful, diminish a 
few grains, or, if the contrary, [crossed out] increase the quantity. -
or
A Quarter of an ounce of Salt petre - a qr of an ounce 
of flour of brimstone - in a little milk - ; If the 
Dog refuses to drink it - to be made into a Ball & put 
down his throat.
For the Mange in Dogs
Half a Pound of Sulphur vivum - One pint of Train
Oil - half a Pint of Spirit of Turpentine -
mixed together and well rubbed in on the parts affected.
NB. This Quantity is enough for two dressings on one dog.
- Or Mercurial Ointment - rubbed on the parts
affected with a flat Stick. T. Olivis
Another - for Do 
one Ounce of Sulphur Vivum
& Half a Pint of Train Oil
A Tea - spoonful of Crocus
antimonic vulgo Metallorum
in some Lard - keep the dog 
warm, & give him warm broth; many
dogs with locked Jaws have been (1)

For the Distemper among Horses
Balsam of Peru half an ounce mixt with 
quarter of a pound of honey, then add a qrt 
of milk a little warm. Give it the horse
warm every other morning, fasting, for three 
mornings. Let the horse have his usual 
exercise.
For the Distemper among Dogs
Give a dog half a dram of Balsam of 
Peru mixt well with an ounce of honey &
half a pint of warm milk every other morning
(A) For Cracks in Horses heels.
Honey & Alum of each 1/2 ℔ a 1/4 of a pint 
of oil of olives, melt the honey & oil over a 
slow fire, stirring them till mixd, then add the 
alum finely powdered. For a common crack
spread the salve on tow, but for a greasy
heel spread it on brown paper. -
Tar & Sheep's Suet for a Sand - Crack -
Stuffing for Horse's feet - low dung & a little horse dung stirred
up - twice a week in the Winter, and once a day in the Summer.

An Embrocation for Horse's Eyes
Take - Sugar of Lead - One drachm -
White Vitriol - two Scruples -
Spring - Water half a Pint -
Brandy, or Camphorated Spirit - One Ounce -
or
Take Extract of Saturn / Goulard's / 3 drachms -
River or Pond Water, One Pint.
Camphorated Spirit, one ounce. mix - the Extract
with the Spirit, then add the Water, & let the Parts 
be plentifully embrocated three or four times a day according to 
the Emergency.
NB - The first of the following Recipes is that from
which I have seen very good Effects, the Eyes &
surrounding parts being gently washed with Sponge
or Tow impregnated with it twice a day, some of it 
being also squirted into the Eye with [crossed out] a Syringe -
the Horses Head should be tied to the Rack in a dark Stable.
E. Barton.
(A) Another for Do - Half an ounce of Vitriol pounded,
(Do mutton Suet, & Linseed
Oil - an equal quantity of & two ounces of Brandy
each melted - for cracked Heels T.V.)
For the distemper among Horses
Half an Ounce of Barbadoes Tar -
Half an Ounce of Honey -
1/4 ounce of flour of [crossed out] mustard 
Half an ounce of vitriol pounded,
Waheman - 1798.

A Diuretic Ball For a Horse. -
Nitre & diapente of each 2 ounces, Castile
soap & turmeric of each one ounce, saffron one 
dram, make it into a ball with an ounce of 
oil of turpentine.
The drench for a Cold
Horse powder, Liquorice, Diapente,
& Clecampane Root of each one ounce, two
Drachms of Gum Amoniae disolved in oxomel
of Squills, & two Drachms of Myrrh, mix with 
3 or 4 ounces of common Treacle.
To be given in a quart of ale.
TOintment for a blister for a Horse 
The strong blue Ointment 1 ounce
Powder of Cantharides -
Powder of Gum Euphorburn 2 drams of each}
Oil of Originum 2 drams & half -
Add Corrosive Sublimate Ointment a dram 
& 1/2 if necessary -
To make 
one Table Spoonful of flour -
Four Do - of water -
boil them together, & add Allum of the size of ye kernel of a 
small nut -

For a Cold or swell'd Legs
For an old Obstinate Horse - Cough 
One Ounce of Balsam of Sulphur Anniseeded -
Four Ounces of Cold - drawn Linseed Oil in a 
pint of Gruel - Once in 3 or 4 days -
to be repeated [crossed out] thrice - two or three days 
between each dose. - Rew -
Allum Curd, & honey for Cracks in the heels of horses -
bathe the fetlock Joint / if swelled / with hot Vinegar 
& Soap. -
A Poultice with bran boiled in Vinegar with lard 
enough to prevent its growing stiff; - & roll the 
part affected, for several inches both above & below 
the Swelling, with a Roller of about two fingers
wide. - Carey - at Maidstone.
For Cracks in Horses Legs 
3 ounces of Diacholon } 
3 ounces of Sweet Oil } melt together over ye fire; & keep 
stirring - till almost cool - 
3 drams of Sugar of lead to be powdered viz fine in a mortar
to be added & stirred together -
rub in a little p.r.n - approved - 

For Sheep after Yearning
Take 40 drops of Laudanum ago of an ounce
of bark in powder, to be given in a little warm
gruel & to be repeated three times, every 12 hours
Diuretic Balls 
Yellow resin 2 oz, salt prunell & salt of 
tartar of each 1 oz, Castile soap 2 ozs Juniper
berries 1 oz, honey sufficient to make it into a 
mass. One fourth of this quantity for a dose.
Strong Purging Balls
Take Barbadoes & Hepatic Aloes of each half 
an oz salt of Tartar & drachms, Castile soap 
half an oz, powder'd ginger a drachm & a half 
Honey, a sufficient quantity to make it 
into a ball. - WB. A Quarter of a Pound of Glauber 
Salts in a quart of water Gruel to be given in a Horn, when a 
Horse - Purge does not work. -
A Purge for a Horse at Grass
6 or 7 Drams of Barbadoes aloes, '2 an oz of 
Castile Soap, 2 Drams of salt of Tartar.
Make it up with Methridate. Stay 4 days 
between each dose 

Griffins Drink
Take of long Pepper - Grains of Paradise, Powder
of Fenugreek Seed, Powder of the root of Turmeric
of each one Drachm, Powder of Liquorice Root
1/2 an Ounce, Diapente two Drachms, Powder of Aniseed,
Flower of Sulphur of each One Ounce - .
A Mild Purging Ball - and Approved.
of Succotrine, and Barbadoes Aloes, of Each 
four drachms, - Of Cream of Tartar, Jalap Powder,
and grated Ginger; of each one drachm - of 
myrr and Saffron, of each half a drachm -
thin up with Syrup of Roses -
or 
Succotrine Aloes one ounce - Scammony one 
drachm, grated ginger two drachms - Jalap 
One drachm - Ozl of Aniseed 50 drops; - make 
up with Syrup of Buckthorn.
or 
Succotrine Aloes One Ounce - Cream of Tartar One 
Ounce - Sena half an Ounce - Ozl of Aniseed 50 drops.
Make up with Syrup of Buckthorn - R. Palmer.
R.

For the Yellows in Cows
Take madder in powder 2 ozs, turmeric, sweet
fennel seed in powder, & flour of sulpher of each 
one oz, grain of Paradise three drams, to be 
mixed in a sufficient quantity of ale to make a drink.
Foul Water Do 
Take common & roach alum of each 1/2 an oz 
Roman vitriol & Cochineal each 30 grains to 
be boild one minute in a quart of spring water 
to be given luke warm. The animal to be 
fasted two hours before & two hours after.
A Styptick Water 
Take roach allum one ounce, white copperas
two drams, cochineal two drams, beat these to a 
fine powder, boil 4 qrts of spring water & let it 
stand till cold, then put in the powders &
bottle it for use. Half a pint of this water stops 
staling of blood in a cow.
Cleansing Potion
Gum myrrh in powder 1 oz Cummin seeds in powder
2 oz flour of sulpher 1 oz; Grains of Paradise in 
powder 3 Drams.

" From a Lincolnshire Super be extract the following 
" article: - after clipping a Sheep, rub its Carcase
' with a mixture of Spirits of Turpentine and Oil,
" Equal parts; it will protect the Animal from the 
" bad effects of a cold night, and promote the growth
" of Wool, and it costs only three half pence. It 
" is practised with good effect in Leicestershire."
The General Evening Port, July 22 1812 -
Green wash for Halls
Whiting - Size & water mixed up like 
White wash - then put mineral grease
to make be shade wished -
The following method for counteracting the effects of 
laudanum is effectual. - (Morng Post 1822 - May 24)
Lemon juice taken immediately acts as an emetic
& presents the lethargic appearance of death &
consequently preserves life. -







d
Breakfast Cloath 1 1/2
Dresser Cloth - 1 
Round Towel 1
{Knife Cloth, - 
{Glass Cloth, Dusters 8.
{and [crossed out] Tea cloths
{per dozen.
d
Dinner Cloth - 3
Breakfast Ditto - 2
Tray Do - 1 
Napkins - 1 
Doyleys - 1/2
Towels per dozn. - 9
Pr Sheets - 6
pr Pillow Cases 1 

The prices of Linen washed at 
Canterbury. Mrs. C G.
d
Shirt 4
Neck cloth double 1
Pocket Handkerchf. 1/2
pr Stockings 1
Night Cap 1 
Flannel Waistcoat 1 1/2
Flannel Drawers 1
Do- Dressing Gown 4
Gown 6
Petticoat 2
Under Ditto 2
Flannel Ditto 2
Shift 2
Night Ditto 2
Night Cap 1
Under Nt Cap 1/2 
Bed gown 1 1/2
Pair Stays 1 1/2
Pair Pockets 1 
pr Stockings 1 
Pocket Handkf. 1/2 
Double Kerchief 1 
Single Ditto 1/2
Habit Shirt 1 
Frill 1
Body Linings 1
Apron 1
Tucker 1/2
Dressing Gown 3 
Kitchen d
Dinner Cloth [crossed out] 3 1/2

Plate in Common use
2 Gravy Spoons
12 Table Do
6 Desert Do 
11 Tea Do 
1 Soup Ladle 
1 Marrow Spoon
1 Juggler 
1 Mug 
1 Cream jug 
1 pr Sugar Tongs
1 Skewer 
2 Desert spoons in the nursery.

Plate continued
Six Desert Spoons with my Cypher entd Octr 11 1790
One Meat Skewer - entd Octr 11, 1790.
Two Corks with Silver - Tops entd Octr 11 - 1790.
One Silver - handle to a Fork.
One Silver Cross for the Table, entered Octr 11, 1790.
One Silver Mug belonging to J. R. H. Junr Oct 16 -90
Examined by J. R. H. in the presence of Thomas Facey
October 11, 1790. -
One Tea Pot & stand.
5 Tea Spoons with a Crest
old Do 

Plate - continued.
Two mustard - Spoons.
A Tea - Strainer.
Two pair of Sugar - Tongs.
One pair of large Sauce - Boats.
A Single Small Do.
Two pair of Scollop - Salt Spoons.
Two pair of Shovel - Do.
One Cream. Jug 
One Plated Argyle.
[One Plated Frame & Lamp]
A Muffinier.
A Wine - Strainer -
A Crust - Stand - the Sugar - Bottle wanting / since
replaced.
Six Bottle - Tickets.
A lemon - Strainer.
A Marrow Spoon entered October 11 1790
One pair of Sauce - Spoons enterd Octobr 11, 1790
( As One [Table] of the Tea Spoons missing )

An Account of Plate at Harrietsham taken on 29th
May 1787. by J. K. H. & D: H. -
A large Silver Bread - Basket.
One large Waiter
Two Small Do.
One pair of large Plated Candlesticks.
2 - One pair of Silver Candle - Sticks, exchanged for a 
pair of plated Do - & other things.
A Coffee Pot.
A Soup Ladle
2 A Marrow Spoons
[A Marrow Spoon from J. A.] entered Octoner 11, 1790.
2 One pair of Sauce Spoons
Two large Gravy Spoons.
7 [One dozen] Table Spoons mashed W.
Six Table Spoons marked IRH.
Six Table Spoons marked with my Crest.
12 Six Desert Spoons without any mark. 6 with Cypher 
[(A) Twelve Tea Spoons - all plain but one.]
[Twelve Tea - Spoons - Six from my Crest, Six with my Cypher.]

7 Small Cups & Saucers belonging to the under 
12 Handle Cups & Saucers
2 Sugar Dishes, & but one Cover
6 Coffee Cups, one of wch the handle broke & a bit 
out of another 
1 Slop bason, bread & butter plate, milk = pot, Tea jar, 
1 brown Tea pot wth Silver Spout, 
1 old Tea pot 

An Account of Chinia & Queens Ware
Augt 20th 1777
8 China Plates figured all over 
34 D D of another pattern
26 Stone Plates Wedgwood
12 fine Cups & Saucers, 6 Coffee Cups, Tea pot & Saucer}
Stop bason milk: pot Sugar: dish, bread & butter plate}
fine nankeen...}
1 for 
1 fine Coloured Punch Bowl
Brought from Cholderfon
3 Large Blew & white. China Dishes
5 Smaller Do 
1 fine Coloured China Dish
2 Doz & 2 Coloured China Plates
3 Small Blew & wt China dishes} fine old China
6 Plates Do Do ...}
1 of another pattern ...}

An Account of Household Linen taken 
March 5 1776
38 Shirts new & old 
52 Stocks 
13 Bands 
10 Night Caps 
49 Colour'd & White handkerchiefs
3 pr Silk Stockings new 
19 pr Do ... Old
9 pr Do mixed wth Silk & thread 
25 pr Worsted Stockings
6 Woollen & linnen rawers
6 Linnen Wastcoats
8 large table Cloths
5 breakfast Do 
6 larger Do Do 
2 Kitchen Do 
1 Quilt White 
1 Counter: pin 
14 pillow Cases
6 pr best sheets
8 pr Servants
18 Huckabuck Towels
5 Kitchen Do 
21 Cloths for Glasses, Knives, & dusters 

A Sauce Turrin W 
4 Jugs 
an Oval Sallad dish
2 round baking dishes
11 Knives & Forks for ye Kitching
1 Craving knife
Plate 1778
A Large Silver bread basket 
A Large Waiter Do 
2 Small ones Do 
1 Doz large Table Spoons W hand
a Soup Ladle 
13 tea Spoons 12 29 may 1787
a Marrow Spoon
one pr large Plated Candle = Sticks.
one pr Silver Candlesticks
A Coffee Pott.
A lemon Strainer
12 Table Spoons & a mustard Spoon (A) B
6 Dessert Spoons without any hand
12 Tea Spoons Six with my Crest, Six with my Cypher 2
(A) Six large Table Spoons [illegible]
Six large Table Spoons my Crest
(B) 2 Mustard Spoons 
A Tea Strainer 
2 pr of Sugar Tongs -
1 pr of Sauce Spoons 
1 pr of large Sauce Boats
A Single Small Do
2 pr of Scallop Salt Spoons
2 pr of Stroal Do -
1 Cream Dry -
1 Plated Angle
1 Plated [illegible]
A Muffences -
A Silver Stand 
A Cruet Stand
Sugar Castor [illegible]
Sen Bottle [illegible]
2 Large Gravy Spoons

6 old Pillow cases, 2 of them cut up for Rags
12 Diaper napkins to the large Diaper Table Cloth
1 Damask napkins
12 New Doyleys one of ym taken for a shaving Cloth
9 old ones 1 gone 
4 New Night Caps 
A peice of India dimity to End Stocks 
5 Table Cloths for the Kitchen 
18 Old shirts
22 or 23 new shirts
4 white Wastcoats 
Linnen & flannel drawers 
12 New Stocks 
48 pr of Silk, Worsted, & Thread Stockings
10 White Handkerchiefs in ye open Chest of Drawers
27 Colour'd Do in ye open Drawer
7 night Caps, & 4 total 11
34 Stocks
2 Doz & 5 Plates, from Wedgwood
1 Doz Soap - Do 
A Turrin W 
1 Small Oval dish Crack'd W 
4 Dishes W 

An Inventory of Household Linen; &c - &
Furniture, made on Feb, 20 1776, when Mary Allen
left my Service -
8 pr Servants Sheets
2 Bolster Cases 
1 flannel ironing Cloth
6 pr of finer sheets
2 Quilts White 
2 Counter = pins
15 Blankets
3 Coverlids for Servants Beds 
6 Beds & 6 Bolster Quere
7 Pillows 
2 Table Cloths brought from Oxford
2 Do bought at Maidstone
2 Do fine from A H 
7 Brakfast Do 
7 Small Diner Do 
15 Huckback [crossed out] Towels from London
4 from Oxford
8 New Pillow Cases 



A Common Paint for the outside 
of Rough Fences
Put as much wood soot to warm skin 
milk as will make it the thickness of paint 
Put on 2 or 3 coats if necessary - Take care to 
mix it without lumps. -
The Coach goes from Ashford every Monday & Wednesday
to the Golden Cross at Charing Cross; on Saturday
to the George Inn, Borough - sets out from the 
George every day at Seven o' clock to meet 
my Coach - R. Brown - Ashford April 20, 1820.
Coal Tar - 20 d a Gallon, half an Anchor is 
about 3 Gallons - one pound of red, about 1 1/2d
a pd, to one gallon - to be used boiling hot.
- The Boards shd be very dry - A Quart of 
Grain oil to one Gallon will make the Brush
work better.
necessary to keep stirring the Ingredients to prevent them
adhering to the Pot, which must be taken off the Fire,
while using. - 

Receipts to make Blacking
One oz of gum dragon dissolved in a pint of ale 
& one oz of Ivory black mix'd together for use.
WB Hogilard to preserve shoes & Boots not in wearing -
Ten ozs of Ivory black, & ozs of coarse sugar, a 
lump of allum about as big as a large nutmeg
boild in a quart of small beer to a pint,
In Wearing - Oil Shoes once a month; when laid by oil Shoes 
& Boots once in Six Weeks. - S. G.
A Qr of a ℔ of Ivory Black. A Qr of a ℔ of coarse
sugar, the white of one egg & a qrt of Beer,
Beat them well together: [mutton Suet rubbed in & upon
Boots & Shoes, when not in wearing,
to preserve them. K -]
2 ozs of Ivory Black salt of Treacle & a pint 
of ale boild together. 
A Qr of a ℔ of Ivory Black, 1/2 an oz of gwin
Arabic, an oz of brown sugar 
candy in a gal of
small beer cold or hot.
A Qr of a ℔ of Ivory Black a Qr of a ℔ of brown sugar
mixd with a pint of old strong beer.
A blacking ball 
Bees wax 1/2 ℔, soft soap, 6 ozs, brown sugar Candy 4 oz 
finely powderd, Ivory black 4 ozs, melt the wax & 
sugar candy together over a slow fine, then add 
the soft soap & afterwards the Ivory, Black, when of 
a proper warmth pour it into a ball. A