Name: Scratches in Horses, to Cure
Ingredients: 1 ounce Spanish whiting; 1 ounce oxide of zinc; 2 teaspoons glycerine; 1½ ounces lard

Scratches in Horses, to Cure

Ingredients

1 ounce Spanish whiting
1 ounce oxide of zinc
2 teaspoons glycerine
1½ ounces lard

Directions

Mix Spanish whiting, oxide of zinc, and glycerine in a bowl.
Slowly add lard and stir until well combined.
Apply the mixture to affected areas 2 to 3 times a day as needed.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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Scratches in Horses, to Cure