STDD BOOK. 143 



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

 turpentine. 



To CURE RINQ-BONE WHEN FIRST COMING, Dissolve one quarter-pound 

 of salt-petre in one 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 spite, of eaeh 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 sus- 

 pend 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 rowel or geton from the 

 lower part of the swelling to the top, through the centre of the enlarge- 

 ment, then make the following lotion : Take of salamoniac, 2 oz. ; and 

 turpentine spirits, half pint ; 4 oz. linseed oil, and 4 oz. spts. tar. Snake 

 all well, and apply it all over the swelling 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 ETTL AFTER IT BREAKS, If you flnd 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 cantharides, 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 

 ol silver to the bottom, and use the liquid in the next following receipt. 

 Apply it on the sore every day. Keep the part clean with soap and water. 



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

 oil of origanum, half oz. ; American or seneka oil, 3 oz. Mix well, and 

 apply It 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, 



POLL EVIL AND FISTULA. Clean the sore throughout with soap-suds, 

 sound the pipe or pipes, flnd their direction and depth, then take stiff 

 paper, roll it in a horn shape about the size of a goose-quill, fill with 

 arsenic or potash, double over the ends, insert the pipe, and push or drive 

 it to the bot r om. Serve all the pipes in the same manner. It will break 

 loose in three to six weeks. Cleanse it one day with soap-suds, and next 

 with a wash composed of 1 tea-spoonful of white vitriol, and l do. burnt 



