OF FARRIERY 



(2) 



Buch a situation you can bandage, never omit 

 it — flannel is the best. If the tumour remains 

 hard and unyielding to the above treatment, 

 you must stimulate the absorbents by applying 

 mercurial ointment, well rubbed in for three 

 or four days, after which apply a blister ; 

 should this not succeed, you must have re- 

 course to firing. 



BARBS 



Are small tumours situated under the 

 tongue, and frequently occasion great pain, so 

 that the Horse with great difficulty can 

 masticate his food. They are easily seen on 

 drawing the tongue on one side, where two 

 little prominences make their appearance. 

 They arise from an inflammatory action, exist- 



ing in the salivary ducts, arising either from 

 symptomatic or local fever ; they are generally 

 attended with a great flow of saliva, and 

 sometimes inconvenience the Horse very much. 

 The old farriers used to recommend their 

 being entirely removed, by snipping them off 

 with a pair of scissors ; but there is no neces- 

 sity for this. If you treat them in the following 

 manner, they will soon recede : 



Take Alum 

 Water 



I ounce. 

 - 4 do. 



Dissolve and apply with a bit of sponge, tied 

 to the end of a stick, several times a day. 

 Give the Horse an ounce of nitre in his water, 

 about five or six mornings, and you will per- 

 ceive the gradual reduction of the enlargemeiilB 



