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ing ointment is to be applied to the part, spread on tow, 

 and bound on with cloth and string. 



Soft soap, 1 pound ; 



Common turpentine, 1 pound. 



♦*MeIt over a slow fire till the two articles are completely uni- 

 ted. The dressings may be repeated two or three times, which 

 never fails to complete a cure. 



*' The joint foul begins with great pain, attended 

 with inflammation and swelling betwixt the claws, and 

 even up to the fetlock joint. The claws are extended 

 outwards from the swelling betwixt them, and the ani- 

 mal is very feverish. The attack of the disease is 

 very sudden. 



" In this case bleeding will be proper ; after which 

 give a dose of epsom salts ; then apply a plaister of 

 soap betwixt the claws. It must be repeated every 

 two or three day^ till a large core comes out, which 

 is always the case in this disease before a cure can 

 be completed. The wound may then be dressed with 

 the following digestive ointment, in order to heal it. 



Take of tar, 1 pound ; 



Common turpentine, 1 pound. 



** To be put into a pipkin over a slow fire till it is completely 

 dissolved, then take it firom the fire and add to it four ounces 

 of turpentine which should be stirred well together till it is 

 incorporated." 



This disorder, or something very similar, has been 

 prevalent in the United States, and particularly in the 

 State of Maine. A communication on the subject is 

 published in the Massachusetts Agricultural Reposi- 

 tory, Vol. 4, No. 4, page 348. In this it is said that 

 the immediate occasion of the Hoof Ail, "is a stoppage 

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