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MISCELLANEOUS
VALUABLE
RECEIPTS.
261
to
the
electrum,
'No.
3
;
but
these
are
very
rare.
This
alloy
is
very
fusible,
but
very
hard,
and
not
easily
rolled
:
it
is
the
best
adapted
for
casting.
No.
586.
-
Hoio
to
Poison
Rats.
Mix
2
pounds
carbonate
of
barytes
with
1
pound
hird,
and
lay
it
in
their
way.
It
is
tasteless,
odour-
less,
and
impalpable,
produces
great
thirst,
and
death
immediately
after
drinking.
Another
way
is
to
mix
arsenic
and
lard
together,
and
spread
it
on
bread,
and
push
a
piece
in
every
rat-hole
;
or
some
small
pieces
of
sponge
may
be
fried
in
drippings
or
honey,
and
strewed
about
for
them
to
eat.
The
sponge
will
distend
their
intestines,
and
will
cause
their
death.
Or
1
pint
plaster
of
Paris,
mixed
with
oat-meal,
1
pint,
will
prove
equally
fatal
to
them.
No.
587.
Bilious
or
Sick
Headache.
Headache
is
in
general
a
symptom
of
indigestion
or
deranged
general
health,
or
the
consequence
of
a
confined
state
of
the
bowels.
The
following
altera-
tive
pill
will
be
found
a
valuable
medicine.
Take
of
calomel,
10 grains
;
emetic
tartar,
2,
3,
or
4
grains;
precipitated
sulphuret
of
antimony,
1
scru-
ple
;
guaiacum,
in
powder,
1
drachm.
Rub
them
well
together
in
a
mortar
for
10
minutes;
then,
with
a
little
conserve
of
hips,
make
them
into
a
mass,
and
divide
it
into
20
pihs.
Dose.
—
One
pill
is
given
every
night,
or
every
other
night,
for
several
weeks
in
succession.