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the scab off, so the scar will be small This is the only sure way to treat 

 them. 



GROGGY KNEES. This can be cured in the first stages, but if of long 



standing, there is no cure Have shoes made thick at the toe and thin at 



the heels ; take linseed oil, half pint ; alcohol, 4 oz. : 1 oz. camphor spirits ; 



2 oz. laudanum shake and apply to back part of legs, rub it in well 



every 4 days ; still increase the thickness of the shoes at the toe. 



SORB MOUTH OR TONGUE. Take of borax 3 drachms, and 2 drachms of 

 sugar of lead, half oz. of alum, one pint of sage tea shake all well to- 

 gether, and wash the mouth out every morning. Give no hay for twelve 

 days. 



CLEANSING POWDER. This is to be used when the blood Is out of order 

 good to restore lost appetite yellow water; and wherever it is to be 

 used, it is spoken of. Take 1 pound of good ginger; 4 oz. powdered gen- 

 tian ; 1 oz. nitre ; half oz. crude antimony mix all well. Give one large 

 spoonful every day, in wet food. This is perfectly safe. 



SICK STOMACH. Bleed half a gallon, then if he will eat a mash give him 

 one ; give no hay ; then give him half oz. rhubarb every night until it 

 moves his bowels; then take of gentian root, 4 oz. ; fenugreek, 2 oz. ; nitre, 

 one-half oz. mix and give a large spoonful every day, do not give him 

 too much to eat when his appetite returns. 



HORSE POWDER. For distemper, hidebound, farcy, col f s, and all lin- 

 gering diseases which arise from impurity of the blood or lungs. Take 1 

 Ib. comfrey root, % Ib. antimony, % Ib. sulphur, 3 oz. saltpetre, X Ib. lau- 

 rel berries, % Ib. juniper berries, % Ib. anise-seed, % Ib. rosin, 3 oz. alum, 

 C oz. copperas, % Ib. masterworth, % Ib. gum powder. Mix to a powder, 

 and give one teaspoonful in his food onc a day, till cured ; keep the horse 

 dry, and from water for six hours aftetPusing it. 



TONIC DRENCH. For weakness and debility. Take port wine, 3 oz. 

 tincture of cinnamon, % oz. powdered goldenseal 4 drachms. 



LUNG FEVER. Bleed four gallons from the neck vein, and take one oz. 

 of aconite, add to it half gallon of cold water; drench him with one gill 

 of it every 3 hours, blister him over the lungs, then give him water to 

 drink that hay has been boiled in, and to each gallon of it one oz. of gum 

 arable, and half an ounce of spirits of nitre give this every four hours, 

 rub well, foment and rub the legs with alcohol and camphor, until they 

 get warm do not move him. Keep him in an open stall, if hot weather. 



EYE LOTION. Take of linseed oil one pint, add to it two oz. of spirits of 



