This is made in the same way as the English bar soap, except that
you add three percent of palm oil, deducting the same amount of fat.


432. SOLID LARD CANDLES

Dissolve 1/4 lb. of alum, and 1/4 lb. of saltpetre in 1/2 a pint
of water on a slow fire; then take 3 lbs. of lard cut into small
pieces, and put into the pot with this solution, stirring it
constantly over a very moderate fire until the lard is all
dissolved; then let it simmer until all steam ceases to rise, and
then at once remove it from the fire. If you leave it too long
it will become discoloured. These candles are harder and better
than tallow.


433. MEDICINES

The following medicines are for man, while those commencing at
receipt No. 331, and ending at No. 392 are for horses, cattle, &c.,
unless when stated to the contrary.


434. FOR DROPSY

Take of powdered jalap 5 gr., powdered rhubarb 5 gr., powdered
scammony 5 gr., powdered elaterium 1/2 gr., bitartrate of potash 1/2
drm., sulphate of potash 1/2 drm., and syrup of ginger sufficient to
make into pills; mix and divide into five pills. These five pills