In every case in which it is found advisable to draw blood, a dose of physic is recommended.
No. XIII.—Blistering Liquid.
This liquid is composed of Cantharides four ounces, and Linseed oil a pint and a half.
For sore throat and jugged swellings, in glanders, or farcy—for inflammation of the lungs, and inflammation of the bowels, the blistering liquid is a proper application.
For spavins, splints, old strains, curbs, ringbones, windgalls, thoroughpins, and other enlargements of joints that have no heat in them, and swellings in general which will not yield to simple remedies, this liquid may likewise be used.
Let a small quantity of it be well rubbed in with the hand—without the hair being cut off—and let the same be repeated at the expiration of six hours, should it not have taken effect.
About one table spoonful of this mixture is sufficient for the throat, two for the leg, three for the side or the chest, and so on.