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rounding parts and consuming the frog by 

 its acrimonious and penetrative property ; 

 promoting tlie growth of fungus in propor- 

 tion to the destruction of parts originally 

 sound. The safest and mo.^t expeditious 

 method of reducing which, will be by occa- 

 sional applications of lint, well impregnated 

 iv^itli the following lotioiv and properly se- 

 cured upon the part, till, beinii; entirely sub- 

 dued, the cure may be effected with dress- 

 ings of the precipitate digestive (p. 1()4), and 

 the surface afterwards hardened by washing 

 with tincture of myrrh : 



Takk of corrosive sublimate and Roman vitriol, of cadi 

 one drachm ; 



Spirits of wine one ounce ; 



Spring water half a giU. 



Let the sublimate and vitiiol be reduced to a vcrv 

 fine powder in a mortar : then add iho spirits hy 

 small proportions ; and, lastly, the water, keep- 

 ing- the whole closely stopped for use. 



To prevent defects in the feet, good stable 

 management is- at all times necessary, but 

 more particularly that kind of management 

 distinctly adapted to the foot of the horse ; 

 for every experienceil sportsman or judicious 

 observer must have perceived how much the 

 state of the feet vary in different subjects ; 



