This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1919. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... For the Swelling of the Cattle. Whatever I embrace with my right arm, that it may not receive any harm; and three times move with the right hand over the back; t t t To be recited three times. Probatum. For the Fever. Take the water of the patient and mix it with some flour and make a dough thereof, of which seventy-seven small cakes are made, each one as large as a lintel; proceed before sunrise to an ant-hill and throw the cakes therein. As soon as the insects have devoured the cakes, the fever vanishes. Probatum. For Cataract of the Eye. Take half an ounce of prepared tutia, and blow this through a goose quill into the animal's eyes. For Spots in the Eye. Take two drachms tutia, half drachm white vitriol, one half of an ounce rose honey, make a salve thereof, and use it to grease the eyes therewith. To Heal Boils on the Hoofs. Take two ounces of nitric spirit, one drachm of sperm oil, mix well, and steep the boil in it. After this rub with the Egyptian salve. To make a good Ointment for Burns. Take two ounces of turpentine, three ounces of yellow bees'wax, six ounces of linseed oil; mix upon a coal fire and grease the sore therewith. For Falling of the Womb and Cough. Take orange peels, aloes one drachm, and five cents' worth of carrots. Put in a bottle, shake well, and take evenings and mornings a good draught of it till the cure is effected. To stop the Bleeding of a Wound. Paint the wound with nitric spirit . To make a Blister. Take cantharides (Spanish fly powder), 4 ounces; turpentine, 8 ounces; yellow bees'-wax, 4 ounces; linseed oil, 6 ounces. Mix these ingredients to a plaster. To Extirpate Warts. Take blossoms of the walnut tree, rub the warts with them, and they will soon heal. To cite a Witch. Take an earthen pot, not glazed, yarn spun by a girl no...