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white I'ilriol and burnt alum, or each two
llunc\'!s;
iEgyptiacum,
One ('Iunce ;
lime-witter,
a
qllan or three pints: wafu
lh~
[ores \Vllb a fponge
dipped in lhis, lhre e times a.rlay, aDd apply the
common while ointment i'pread on 1O\V;
!O
an ounee
-or which may be added lWO drams of [oglr of
lead.
This melhod is generally I"ery [uccefsru l, whcn Ihe
diflemper is
001)'
local, and requires no
io~eroal
medio
cioe; ¡ but ir the horte be roll and gro{s, his legs grm–
Iy gorged, fo that lhe hair flarcs up, aod is \Vhat
lome
;¡rOl
pen-reathered, and has
a
large Ilinking difcharge
:from deep roul rore" yOIl may expetl lO meel Wllh great
'!rouble, as thefe difordas are vcry obHioate lO remoye,
beiog orteo occafaoned by a poor oropfi.:al nate or blooo,
·or , general b,d difpofilion in lhe blood and juiccs.
The cure in lhis cafe, ir the horre is full and fl, fllY,
mult be bcgoo by bl:ediog, ro· ..e!" and repealcJ rurg–
ing ¡ ,rter which, diorCltc meJiánci arefreq"elltly glven
·Wilh roccefs. T hos,
TA KE ro"r oooces or yellow rofin, one or fal prunel–
he
¡ grind lhem logether with an oiled penle, ,dJ
adraot or oil or amber, ano give a q"art or rurge–
water el'ery morning, rafling lwO hours berore aod
arler rilking, aod riJe mouerately.
A, this dnnk is round very d.r. greeable ro fome hor–
fes,
1
would recommend the nitre·ball, In ilS IIcad, giveo
lO rhe quantilYor t\Vo ouoces a·day, ror a moolh or Gx
",eeks, mixed up Wilh hooe)', or in his reeJs : take the
following airo ror lhat purpofe.
YellowroGo, four ounces ¡ rallor tamr, and ral pru–
oelll:, or each rwo ouoees ¡ Veoice [oap,
h.lra
pound ¡ oil or juoiper, halr ao ounce;
m.keioto
balls or twO ouoce weight, aod give one every mor–
..ing.
Th"
I~g¡,
io this cafe, OlOuld be bathed or fomeoted,
io order to
~'eathe
OUl rhe lIagnaol juices, or to thio
rhem, fo tlt
,1
'!'"Y
may be able
!O
circulate freely io lhe
commoo currenl. Forthis purpofe, rot,leot twice a·day with
the uircurieot lomeoratioo, p. 569'col.
2.
por.
3.
io which
a
haoMu! or lWO or wood·afhes
h~s
beeo boded¡ apply
rheo the aboye poultices, or the followiog, lill the fwd –
ling has fubGded, wheo the fores may be drelfed with lhe
greeo oiotmeot till rhey are properly digellcd, and lheo
dried up Wilh the waler and uiolmeO! aboye recomo
meorled.
.
TAK[ hooey, one pouod¡ rurp!ot ioe, Gx olloces ¡ io–
corporate with
a
rpoon; aod add or lhe me.1or fe·
nugre~k
and liofeed, each rour ounces ; buil in ulree
qU.rlSof "d·wioe lees
10
lhe coofilleoee of a poul
tlce; to whichadd, whto
t a~eo
rrom lhe 6rc, lWO
ouoces or (amphor io powd«; rpreau il
00
thick
elolhs,
ao,1
'pply warm tOthe Icgs, fecu riog il
00
wilil • IIroog roller.
Ir the fores are very ruu l, d,ers thcmWilh two rarts
of the wouotl·olntmcol, aoJ ooe of .A-:gyptiacum, aou
~rply
thc
f"II',win~,
fpre.d
00
lhickeI"lhs, and rolledoo,
1 "
KE
oí hldcklu.,p, eoe
~ou"d
¡ hom·y, half
a
pouad;
IHlrut
..
"u
10 ,
{flur ollnc..:s;
"tTlII~r'itfe
powuacJ,
t·.,·" olOnc,s ; wh" t nour,
a
fulfi mnt
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chaoged for lhe aorimooial and mercurial a!terarives,
aI–
re.uy",cllliooed; bUl turnlog a horre out in a lield,
where he h"s a hore! or !hed
!O
run
10
at plcafure, woul.!
gredtly conmbule tO quicken the cure, and irdecd would
in general elfea it alooe ; but if this canOOI be corupl,eJ
with, let !tlm be turoed OUl io the day.time.
If the hUIfe is not turoed out, a large aod ronveoienl
(lall is abfolutely neceOúy, wilh good drelliog aod careo
The lall thing we r.tall
recommeo~,
is a melhod
10
o–
blige a horre
10
lie down in lhe (lable. This uodoubted.
Iy is or lhe utmoll coofequeoce, as it will not a lillie con–
tribute
10
the removal and cure or lhis diforder ¡ ror by
ooly chaogiog tbe poGlioo or hi, legs, a freer eircul:llioo
would be obtained, and the rwelliog rakeo down: where–
as in geoeral it is greatly aggravated by the obflinacy of
the horre, who rerufes tOIle dowo ar all (prob.bly from
the paio it gives him to
bp.odhiS legs ror lhat purpofe) by
which meaos lhe IltlTnefs aod t"welling increafes, till the
over·gorged aod dilleoded veO"ls are obliged to give way,
aod by burfliog, dircharge the fluids, which fuould cir·
culale through them.
O¡
SCUTCHES, CROWN ·S CABS,
Ru·TAtLs,
and
CAPELLETS.
SCRATCHF.'
in the heels have fa much affioity with
¡he greafe, an.J are fa orleo coocomitaots of that diOem–
per, tlMl the merhod of trealiog them mal' be feletled
chieay rrom the preccding Laion¡ which at firll!hould
be by the liofeed aod turoip pou!tice, with a liule com–
moo turplll\ine
10
foflen rhem, aod relax the veOeh;
lhe greeo oiotmeot
Ola)'
!heo beapplted for a rew days to
promole a di[charge, wheo they may be dried up Wi·lh
the oimmeots aod WaaleSrccommeoded io the above fee–
tion.
It
15 belt arlerwards to keep
rh~
heels rupple, aod
forteoeo with currier's
du~biog,
which is made of oil aod
tallow. This will keep the hide rrom crackiog, aod be
as good a prerervative as ir is
10
lealher; aod by uGog it
orlen berore exercife, will prevent lhe Ccrateltel, ir care
is lakeo tO \Vaa, rhe heels Wilh
w.rmwarer, wheo lhe
horfe comes io. Wheo rhey prove obOioare, aod the
[ores are deep, ufe the followiog ¡ but if aoy cavilies or
hollow places
are
rormed, they Ihould tirll be laid opeo;
ror
00
rouodalioo cao be laiJ roc healiog, till you
can
drefs to the bOltOm.
TA K
E
Venice turpemine, rour ounces¡ quickfilver,
ooe ouoce ¡ iocorporate well tcgelher by rubbiog
fome time, aod theo ajd hooey . nd fl,eeps ruet, uf
each twO ouo.:es.
Aooiol Wilh tltis Ol\ce or twice a day; and ir the
horf~
il rull or OeO,y, you mull bl!ed anu purge ¡ aod if rhe
blouo is io a b.d lIate, lhe a!teralives mu ll
b~
"iven
10
reaily it.
The
",>w"'¡c,,b
is ao humour lhzt breaks out rouo.!
rhe corooll, whieh is I'ery
amp
anJ ilChillg, .nd auellJ–
etl wllh a rcurlioel!: fl""p W'lers prcpared with viII i,,1
are gcoerally ,&d
lor
the cllre; hUI the f.fen way i, firlt
tOtnlXmarillln.llow anu
ydhw
b1r,licoo, or lhe lI'ouod
(,intlnCIII, equJI p.trts, ar.J to fprl.d tite", on tow, ,1m!
IAy :tll rOlloJ Ihe ruronel. .'\ uUle or tll'Oor ph)'fie Imy
he v"y pruplr, wllh tite d,," cllc "'lulelo.s, (par.
'1.
5.
6. or lhe receJ. .;u1. anJ lh:
:tltcl .'li,, ~
.lbOl e re·
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