82 STRAINS. 



take the horfe up and immediately apply the 

 following liquid blijler : 



Take Spanifh flics (in powder) three drachms^ 

 euphorbiuni and oil of origanum, each two 

 drachms ; corrofivc fublimate (in powder) 

 one drachm; olive oil, four ounces, — Mix well 

 together. 



This muft be deliberately and gradually 

 rubbed over the whole part for at leaft half an 

 hour, letting it be entirely abforbed by the 

 feat of pain if poffible > then cover it with a 

 woollen bandage, and fl:iorten the halter to 

 prevent its being forced off: the ceremony and 

 effed of this kind of application is before de- 

 fcribed under the article of blood fpavin. At 

 the expiration of three or four days he fhould 

 be turned out, and not have even a halter 

 upon him for fix weeks, or two months, at 

 leaft: and, however found he may f^^em to be, 

 his exercife, or work, fhould be very gentle, 

 firfl boiling half a pint of common fea-falt in 

 a quart of the beft and ftrongefl: vinegar that 

 can be procured : this keep in a bottle in the 

 ftable, and let the necelfary part, or parts, be 

 well bathed with this 7'cjfrivgcnt (and a very 

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