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Magic Liniment

Alcohol, 1 quart; gum camphor, 4 ounces; turpentine, 2 2 ounces; oil of origanum, 2 ounces; sweet oil, sweet oil, 1 ounce. For cuts or calks in horses or cattle in winter it has no equal; but it must be applied often. For human flesh use twice the amount of alcohol, and no liniment will be found superior to it. very fine, solid and transparent, when cold.

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