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inftances of fuch defers being what are termed 

 natural blemiflies ; but the mode of treatment 

 will be fimilar and efFedlive, The putrid, 

 ragged, or rotten part of the frcg fhould be 

 conftantly pared away, as iliould alfo the hoof 

 that bears upon the defecftive parts. The bot- 

 tom of the foot fiiould be frequently waflied 

 with warm water, particularly after coming 

 into the ftable; and, when dry, the whole 

 frog moiftened flightly with tindure of myrrh. 

 The feet fhould be conftantly flopped with a 

 compofition of the following proportion: 



Cow dung, {even pounds; 

 . Vinegar and chamber-lye, of each one pint. — 

 Mix. 



If the complaint difplays (by its depth or 

 fcetidity) a degree of inveteracy, affift with the 

 following diuretic balls : 



Take white foap eight ounces; 



Nitre and rofin (in powder) of each three ounces; 



Camphor and oil of juniper, cf each three 

 drachms ; form the mafs into half a dozen 

 balls, and let one be given every, or every other 

 Hiorning, as the ftate of the cafe requires. 



But 



