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Sorb Back or Sinus. — If the horse gets a sore back and a 

 sinus (called by soldiers sor^) forms : Take 4 ozs. of old lime and 

 double that quantity of oil of mustard- or rape-seed ; put water in 

 a flat earthen vessel (Ic/lndd) and keep it by you ; pound and mix 

 the lime in the water ; then add the oil and knead, and mix all 

 well together with the hands : then take up the vessel in your 

 hands and pour off and cast away the water. Apply freely, to the 

 honey-combed place, the sediment that remains, using a stick with 

 a rag wrapped round the end ; apply ten or fifteen times a day : no 

 fly will settle on the place, and the wound will fill up and heal. 



Washing a Wound. — To wash a wound, use a decoction of 

 neem leaves. Iteyn : wash with human urine. In either case take 

 care that the wound does not become fly-blown.- 



Maggots in a Wound, — If maggots make their appearance in 

 the wound, take dry country-tobacco, pounded and sifted, and fill 

 the wound with it ; then cover with a coating of clay to exclude 

 the air and the maggots will die of suffocation. 



Unhealthy Scab. — Should a wound not have granulated, but be 

 covered by a hard unhealthy scab that does not peel off :^ Take 

 equal quantities of salt and ghl and apply for several days. When 

 the scab comes off, apply powdered alum. 



To Heal up a Wound.'* — To heal a wound quickly, take ass's 

 dung ; dry it and pound it fine, and sprinkle on the wound for 

 several days. Item : take old leather which has no rags^ in it, and 

 pound^ that, and sprinkle on the wound. Item: sprinkle bhang, 

 dried and powdered. Iteyn : burn and powder a cameFs rib, and 

 sprinkle that. 



To Promote the Growtb op Hair on a Wound. — To promote 

 a growth of hair on a wound, apply oil and spittle mixed, day and 

 night, for a few days. 



1 Ohor-zakham, "sinus" (gen.), Ndsur is "an old sinus." Pith 

 lagnd, " to get a sore-back," Chor, m., " sinus." 



^ Siydhi and sdhl or sd,i haithnd, " to become fly-blown," 



3 Such a scab is called thlkrl, lit. " a potsherd." 



* Khushk karnd, lit. " to dry up." 



^ Batdnd ; rags used as stuffing either in a pagrl or in the sole of a 

 shoe. 



^ Leather is always charred first, and, if the wound is deep, sweet oil 

 is mixed with it. 



