80 STRAINS. 



Take of Barbadoes tar and spirits of turpentine eac^ 

 two ounces ; 

 Opodeldoc four ounces.— Mix well together and 

 keep stopped-' 



Previous to the use of this, should any de- 

 gree of inflammation have been productive 

 of swelling, a poultice may be applied twice 

 a day, prepared with a proper quantity of 

 oatmeal, rendered of a necessary consistence, 

 with a strons; decoction of wormw^ood and 

 camomile (boiling a large handful of each in 

 three pints of water and straining off) ; this, 

 by its emollient tendency, will contribute to 

 the early reduction of the inflammation, 

 without a farther relaxation of the tendinous 

 parts ; but the poultice must be immediately 

 discontinued so soon as the swelling sub- 

 . sides, and the embrocation taken into use, 

 as above directed. To this very constant 

 application must be added rest: too much 

 stress cannot be laid upon this most predo- 

 minant and necessary article; from which 

 the o;reater sood must certainly result. To 

 the want oi patience and ni^ercy only it is to be 

 attributed that such an infinite number of 

 fine horses have been staked to the burning 

 cautery, that, with proper time in the field, 

 would have been as certainly saved from, the 



