DISEASES OF HORSES. 167 



STOPPAGE OF THE BOWELS. 



Take two quarts of soft and fresh horse manure, 

 add one quart of boiling hot water, then strain through 

 a common cloth strainer; give one pint as a drench. 

 This will not fail for man or beast; for a man, dose, 

 one tablespoonful every hour until it acts. 



SALVE FOR MAN OR BEAST. 



For all kinds of old sores, use honey and resin 

 melted together; add lard enough to make a paste; 

 when cool it is fit for use. There is no salve better 

 than this; its medicinal qualities are excellent. 



STIFLE. 



This is a strain of the stifle muscles only. The 

 stifle joint never gets out; if it should the horse 

 would be worthless. The stifle shoe should never be 

 used. 



Cure .—Take the whites of six eggs, and two ounces 

 of alum, pulverized; mix well together, and rub on the 

 stifle muscles; dry with a hot iron. One application 

 will probably be sufficient. 2.— One ounce of sugar 

 lead, one pint of alcohol; mix and apply three or four 

 times a day until a cure is effected. 



TONICS. 



Where it is necessary to use tonics, gentian is one 

 of the best vegetables, especially in chronic debility. 

 It is best united with camomile and ginger. Gentian, 

 four drachms; camomile, two drachms; ginger, one 

 drachm; give in balls. 



MERCURIAL OINTMENT. 



Of quicksilver, one ounce; lard, three ounces ; stir 

 until there are no globules to be seen. This is used 



