490 NAVIN ON THE HORSE. 



stable perfectly ; then whitewash the entire stall, manger, rack and other parts 

 with a solution of chloride of lime. The gearing, halters, or bridles used 

 about the diseased horse should be similarly treated, or thrown away. Freezing 

 will remove the infectiousness of most diseases. 



TO DRIVE MAGGOTS OUT OF A SORE. 

 Pour, a few drops of spirits of turpentine on them. They will decamp in a 

 hurry. Pyroligneous acid will drive them out, and prevent the fly from de- 

 positing the eggs. 



COLD LOTION FOR INFLAMMATION. 



Take — Saltpeter 4 ounces. 



Sugar of lead 1 ounce. 



Muriate of ammonia 1 ounce. 



Common salt 1 pint. 



Cold water .2 gallons. 



Mix, and bathe the part affected often. 



TO ABATE SWELLING CAUSED BY HURT. 



Take — Common wormwood 2 ounces. 



New England rum 1 quart. 



Steep the wormwood in the liquor, and bind the herb on the part, and keep 

 it wet with the liquor. Other spirits would answer in place of rum. 



Another. 

 Keep the part constantly bathed with an ooze of white-oak bark. 



TO PREVENT INFLAMMATION OR SWELLING FOLLOWING A BRUISE OR SPRAIN. 

 Keep the part constantly wet with the following : 



Take — Tincture of arnica 1 ounce. 



Cold water 1 quart. 



Mix. 



TABLES OF WEIGHTS AND MEASUKES. 



Medicines are directed to be given either in a dry or liquid 

 form. They are weighed or measured by the apothecary, when 

 obtained of him. But it is not always that weights and meas- 

 ures are at hand when the farmer wishes to give his horse 

 medicine. There are* certain quantities which are nearly accu- 

 rate, as equivalents of the common weights and measures gen- 



