66 NAVIN ON THE HOESE. 



this precaution. The glandercd animal shouKl be kept far from 

 all others, and where he can have, as far as possible, his natm'al 

 freedom, but not to be exposed to the severities of the weather. 

 Bemedial Treatment. — ^Blanket warm ; place him where he 

 can have pure air; rub him well twice per day; give the 

 most nutritive food in mash form ; the more sweet milk the 

 better : soft or rain water for his drink, with two tea-spoonfuls 

 of elixir of vitriol to the common bucketful ; take flax-seed, one- 

 half peck at a time, to eight or ten quarts of water, or that pro- 

 portion of what you wish to make at a time, steep the seed, over 

 night, next morning boil till when cool it forms a thick jelly ; 

 keep well stirred in cooking, or it will burn ; then prepare the 

 following medicines : 



Crude niter 1 ounce. 



Carbonate of iron 2 ounces. 



Phosphate of lime 2 ounces. 



Ground sarsaparilla 8 ounces. 



Ground sassafras 8 ounces. 



Asafoetida 2 ounces. 



Mis, and give one ounce twice per day in his feed, with one tea-cupful of 

 rthe flax-seed jelly, and pyroligneous acid, one ounce j the above morning and 

 ".evening ; the third dose say in the middle of the day. 



Take — Spanish flies 1 dram. 



Blue vitriol 2 drams. 



Powdered iodine 1 dram. 



Ground ginger 8 ounces. 



Capsicum (red pepper) 6 ounces. 



Mix, and give one ounce, and one tea-cupful of the jelly, in his feed, once 

 ;per day. If he should entirely refuse to use the medicines in his feed, stop 

 'ibis hay, and hunger will force him. The larger the mash, the less the medi- 

 cines will taste. If nothing will induce him to eat it, the objectionable dose 

 'must be given in a drench, or sweetened with molasses, honey, or such. If 

 .•ulcers are formed in the nostrils, or if not, the lungs will benefit by the fol- 

 ilowing being inhaled : 



Take — Tannin 4 grains. 



Sulphate of zinc ■ 4 grains. 



Sugar of lead 20 grains. 



Laudanum 2 grains. 



Olive oil 2 ounces. 



