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the vinegar, and apply as hot as it can be used, immediately after 

 each fomentation, ana hand-rub well in; then cover the limb with 

 flannel. This treatment, if thoroughly persevered in, with rest 

 from all work added, will generally prove efficacious in a very short 

 time. Feed no corn or other heavy grain, whole or ground, 

 while your animal is under treatment. Oats and bran and carrots 

 or Swedish turnips, with good sound provender, properly seasoned 

 with salt, are the kinds of diet that should be fed the animal 

 until a full recovery takes place. 



2. Eight ounces spirits of turpentine, eight ounces good 

 vinegar, one egg. Mix, shake well, and bathe twice a day with 

 the naked hand. This applies to curbs, splints, strains and bruises 

 of all kinds. 



SWEENY. 



This is generally the result of injury, either to the shoul- 

 der or the limb. The muscles fall away from disease. See 

 under head of u Sprains," and treat as there directed. Then exer- 

 cise will again cause the muscles of the shoulder to resume their 

 normal proportions. 



RUBBING THE TAIL. 



Symptoms The cause of this difficulty usually originates 

 from worms. Many are mistaken in thinking it is a humor of the 

 tail, when it is only the worms that irritate the rectum. 



Remedies 1. Inject a solution of sulphuric ether. If this 

 does not allay the irritation, it is simply an irritation of the anus, 

 and it needs to be greased thoroughly with citrate ointment. 



2. If the difficulty be really worms, the following will be 

 found useful: Take four tablespoonfuls of turpentine and one 

 pint of linseed oil. Give as a dose. This will usually afford relief 

 in this difficulty. A change of diet is always desirable. Salt in 

 the manger is beneficial. Worms, however, notwithstanding the tem- 

 porary clearance effected by medicine, are apt to re-appear after a 

 time. In this case repeat. It is always quite safe to do so after 

 the lapse of a week or ten days after the nrst dose. 



STRING-HALT. 



Symptoms String-halt is a nervous disease, its origin not 

 well known; there is no absolute cure for the disability, but it may 

 be alleviated by the following remedies: 



