On the Hollow -Horn. 79 



If we may depend upon the testimony of the farm- 

 ers and planters, the mode of treating this disease is 

 brought to considerable perfection. Some of them 

 advise to saw off a piece of the horn, that a vent may 

 be given to the escape of the purulent matter. This, 

 it is said, assumes a thicker and better consistence, 

 and colour, after the operation. 



Others recommend the sawing off of the end of the 

 horn, and after evacuating the matter, to fill up the 

 hollow, with tar and tallow. 



Others, again, bore a small hole into the horn, in 

 order to evacuate the matter. This is thought to be 

 a better method than sawing off the end of the horn, as 

 from the latter operation, bad effects have arisen, the 

 flies proving very troublesome to the animals thus 

 treated, especially in warm weather. 



Another method, which has been confidently re- 

 commended to the Editor, as the best remedy for the 

 hollow-horn, is to make a small orifice, by means of a 

 gimlet, into the horn, and after evacuating the matter, 

 to fill the cavity with a composition of common black 

 pepper (finely powdered) and vinegar. The orifice is 

 then closed with a proper plug, and, at the end of 

 three or four days, it is opened again. It is posi- 

 tively asserted, that by this treatment the core or pith 

 of the horn, which had been destroyed, is regenerated. 



From the Editor's MS. Journal, 

 for the year 1802. 



