Nitrous Acid Drink
Ingredients
Directions
Mix nitrous acid with water in a large container.
Add treacle to the mixture and stir until dissolved.
Administer this drink to the horse once a day or every other day for 8 to 10 days.
After the treatment, omit for a few days before repeating.
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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