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no sort of poulticing, then, melt hog's lard, or butter, 

 and with a rabbit's foot or a rag, grease his heels with it 

 very hot. 



if he is a young horse, and the distemper new, you 

 will hear no more of it ; but if he is old, and hath had 

 it a long time on him, it will require further repetition. 



N. B. During this operation, you must not gallop 

 on the road, but ride moderately, for sweating will re- 

 lard the cure. You must consider, that wet weather, 

 and wet roads are by no means proper for this regimen. 



TraveUing indeed is an improper time for this cure, 

 except in cases of necessity ; if you can give your 

 horse rest, his heels will get well sooner by turning him 

 out to grass, and renewing the poultices ; but he should 

 be kept in the stable while he takes the medicine. 



If the greasy poultice does not effect a cure, which 

 may sometimes be the case ; after fomenting the legs with 

 urine, anoint his heels well with the following ointment 

 warm every night. Take ten eggs, boil them very hard, 

 put them in cold water ; when cold, separate the yolks 

 from the whites, put all the yolks into a frying pan, 

 bruise them with a spoon over the fire, till they turn 

 black and yield a fetid oil, lohich decant off, and mix 

 it, while warm, with two ounces of honey, and two 

 ounces of white lead in powder, and then keep it for 

 use. It should be beaten into a horse's hoof, with a 

 fire shovel. The heels in the day time should be con- 

 stantly well rubbed. — This ointment exceeds any thing 

 that can be applied for a burn or scald in the human 

 body, if applied soon after the accident, and the part 

 affected be anointed for an hour after, by times, with a 

 feather. 



I have often cured a horse of greasy heels by giving 

 him only an ounce and a half of saltpetre pounded fine, 

 or dissolved and mixed with his corn, morning and even- 



