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PREPARATION FOR GELDING HORSES. Take 2 oz. corrosive sublimate, 1 oz. gum 

 kino, 1 oz. red precipitate. 



SPR~/N IN THE STIFLE. Symptons The horse holds up his foot, moans when 

 moved, swells in the stifle. This is what is called stifling. There is no such 

 thing as this joint getting out of place. Cure Bleed 2 gallons foment the stifle 

 with hot water, ruh it dry, then bathe it well with the general liniment every 

 morning and night. Give him a mash and he will be well. Never allow any sti- 

 fle-shoe or cord on the foot or leg. 



How TO CURE CORNS. Take off the shoe, cut out the corns, and drop in a few 

 drops of muriatic acid, then make the shoes so as they will not bear on the part 

 affected. Apply the hoof liquid to the hoof to remove the fever. This is a sure 

 treatment. We never knew it to fail. 



COUNS. Take the shoe off and give the horse a free run at grass for a few 

 weeks. This will frequently cure. 



FOUNDER IN THE FIRST STAGES. Bleed from the neck- vein 2 or 3 gallons or until 

 he falls, then give the following: Half pz. of aloes. 4 drachms of gamboge, half 

 oz. oil of sassafras. Make this into a pill, give it, and give him all the sassafras 

 tea he will drink ; turn up his feet, and fill them full of boiling hot lard ; bathe 

 his legs in hot water, and rub them well. This will never fail to cure in 48 

 hoars. 



No. 2. Physic and poultice the feet. 



No. 3. Mix 1 pint of sunflower seed in his food. 



SPAVIN OR RING-BOXE, Take 1 pint spts. turpentine, 1 pint of oil spike, 4 oz. 

 saltpetre, 4 oz. of alum, 2 oz. oil of vitriol. Bathe the part affected thoroughly 

 every other day for one week, and if this does not effect a cure continue it longer. 

 This has cured spavins of nine years' standing. This receipt has been used with 

 great success. 



SPAVIN AND RING-BONE MEDICINE. Take of cantharides, 2 oz. ; mercurial oint- 

 ment, 4 oz, ; tr. of iodine, 3 oz. ; turpentine, 4 oz. ; corrosive sublimate, 3 drachma. 

 Mix all well with 2 Ibs. of lard. Color it if you like. Follow the directions here 

 given. 



If for ring-bone or bone-spavin, cut off the hair from the part affected, and 

 merely grease the lump with the ointment. Rub it well with the naked hand. In 

 t\vo days grease the part with lard, and in four days wash it off with soap and 

 water, and apply the ointment again. So repeat it every four days. If for wind- 

 galls, or bog-spavin, or curb, apply the ointment every six days. This recipe has 

 been sold for $300. 



SPAVIN. Camphor dissolved in spirits of turpentine, applied ,until the hair 

 starts. 



No. 2. Oil vitriol, origanum, cedar oil, Spanish flies, equal parts ; 3 oz. turpen- 

 tine. 



To CURE RING-BONE WHEN FIRST COMING. Dissolve J pound of saltpetre in 1 

 quart soft water, and wash with it twice a day. This will stop the growth and 

 lameness, and not remove the hair. 



RING-BONE. Take of spts. turpentine, oil of spike, of each 1 oz.; bottle and mix 

 well ; then add 1 oz. of oil vitriol. Bathe the diseased part well for three days, 

 and drive it in by the application of a hot iron ; then suspend it for three days, to 

 prevent the part becoming too sore, then apply the remedy again. The sore should 

 be treated with lard or ointment. This will cure the disease if not of too long 

 standing. 



POLL-EVIL. Cure before it breaks. Run a towel or seton from the lower part 

 of the swelling to the top, through the centre of the enlargement, then make the 

 following lotion: Take of salamoniac, 2 oz.; and turpentine spirits, half pint; 4 

 oz. linseed oil, and 4 oz. spts. tar. Shake all well, and apply it all over the swel- 

 ling every other day. Let the seton stay in until all the swelling is gone down ; 

 move it every day, and when all is gone draw it out. Bleed when you first open 

 it. Keep the part clean. 



POLL EVIL AFTER IT BREAKS. If you find by probing it that the pipes run down 

 towards the surface, run down a seton through the bottom of the pipe, and anoint 

 it with the following ointment: Take of mercurial ointment, 4 oz.; and of can- 

 tharides, half an ounce. Anoint the seton every day until it runs a bloody matter, 

 then draw it out, if the pipes run down to the centre of the shoulders ; then run 

 down a piece of the nitre of silver to the bottom, and use the liquid in the next 

 following receipt. Apply on the sore every day. Keep the part clean with soap 

 and water. 



LIQUID FOR POLL EVIL. Take olive oil, 6 ounces ; turpentine, half ox., oil of 

 origanum, half oz.; American or seneka oil, 3 oz. Mix well, and apply to the part 

 affected, after the nitre of silver has been used. Apply this every few days until 

 it heals up. The cleaner you keep the part the better. 



