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not at "hand, plunging the foot repeatedly into water, just short 

 of scalding hot, will answer the purpose. And now comes the 

 important question, what constitutes the best remedy ? t 



" The most common and popular remedy now used in Central 

 New York is : One pound blue vitriol; one-quarter pound (with 

 some one-half pound) verdigi'is ; one pint of linseed oil ; one 

 quart of tar. The vitriol and verdigris are pulverized very 

 fine, and many pei'sons, before adding the tar, grind the mixture 

 through a paint mill. Some use a decoction of tobacco boiled 

 until thick, in the place of oil. 



" The remedy recommended by Mr. James Hogg, of Scotland, 

 is turprjntine two ounces, sulphuric acid two drachms; to be 

 well mixed before it is used and applied freely to the diseased 

 part. 



"Any of these remedies, and jQfty more that might be com- 

 pounded, simply by combining caustics, stimulants, etc., in dif 

 ferent forms and proportions, will prove sufficient for the 

 extirpation of hoof root, loith proper preparatory and subsequent 

 treatment. On these last, beyond all question, principally de 

 pends the comparative success of the applications. 



" First. No external remedy can succeed in this malady unless 

 it comes in contact with all the diseased parrs of the foot ; for 

 if such part, however small, is unreachea, tne unhealthy and 

 ulcerous action is perpetuated in it, and it gradually spreads 

 over and again involves the surrounding tissues. Therefore 

 every portion of the diseased flesh must be denuded of horn, 

 filth, dead tissue, pus, and every other substance which can 

 prevent the application from actually touching it and producing 

 its characteristic effects on it. 



" Second. The application must be kept in contact with the 

 diseased surfaces .long enough to exert its proper remedial influ- 



