RECIPES, ~~ 379 : 
GARGET IN THE TONGUE AND THROAT. 
Bleed them in the neck and under the tongue—make a 
slit in the skin under the tongue, lengthwise, two inches long, 
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: STIFF HORSE. 
Put the white of three eggs in three spoonfuls of hog’s 
lard, and rub them together till they become an oil ; then 
bathe with it one-half hour, and heat it in with a hot brick 
or shovel. Repeat it three times. 
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FOR BOTTS IN HORSES. 
’ Mix one-half gill of spirits turpentine with one-half pint 
of gin, and turn it down the horse; or take two ounces of 
pulverized alum, two ounces saltpetre, one pint sweet milk, 
one pint molasses, and shake all together—is a sure cure ; or 
bleed in the as and after the blood stops 6 give two ounces 
of alum in cider. _ 
HOOF BOUND. - 
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To prevent it, keep the hoof cool and moist; to cure it, 
open the hoof at the edge of the hair, and grease it with 
woodehuck, skunk, or dog’s grease. 5 
FOR BROKEN HORNS. 
Put them on properly and fasten them; then wind them 
with a strong bandage, well daubed with tar or pitch, and 
keep it on four or five weeks. 
