LOTION FOR TENDER SHANKS. 207 



bran, and a mashed turnip, carrot, or piece of 

 melon, all boiled together, omitting the canter 

 on the following morning : after which, equal 

 parts of finely-powdered burnt alum and cala- 

 mine powder, mixed, should be put on the cracks 

 morning and evening, at the same hours as be- 

 fore, having first washed them with warm soap 

 and water. The former ointment is not to be 

 omitted. 



LOTION FOR TENDER SHANKS. 



The leg, from the knee to the fetlock, often 

 becomes very sore after sweating or galloping 

 on hard ground, and he flinches when being 

 hand-rubbed, which he never did before. Hav- 

 ing fomented each leg for five minutes, as high 

 as the knee, in a tub of rather hot soapy water, 

 and gently dried them, warm and rub in gently 

 with flannel, morning and evening, the follow- 

 ing lotion : — Boil four ounces of bruised poppies, 

 and four ounces of nim leaves, in four quarts of 

 water ; strain ofl" two quarts, and add three 

 ounces of camphorated spirits. 



