200 EVERY MAN HIS OWN FARRIER 



dangerous and troublesome to cure. On the contrary 

 if the swelling comes gradually, with little pain, and a 

 hard callous substance is felt, and if early attempts are 

 not made to stop its progress, it will end in a stiff joint, 

 and all attempts to cure it will be in vain. 



This disease generally proceeds from kicks or blows 

 with stools, &c., or violent strains. 



When the swelling comes on rapidly, with much pain 

 and inflamrftation, bleeding and purging should be im- 

 mediately recurred to. The purge should be. 



Epsom salts, • 1 pound ; 



Nitre, 2 ounces ; 



Ginger, 2 ounces ; 



Fomentations should be applied twice or three times 

 a day. The following is recommended by Dr. Skellet : 



Take of wormwood and southernwood, of each, 



two handfuls, 

 Poppy heads, four or five handfuls, 

 Elder flowers, a handful, 



Cammomile flowers, 4 ounces ; 



Bay and juniper berries, of each, 1 ounce ; 



Crude sal ammoniac, and potash, each 2 ounces. 



Boil these materials in four quarts of spring water 

 till reduced to three. Then foment the swelling with 

 flannels, as hot as possible, for a quarter of an hour 

 or more ; after which, the flannels are to be bound 

 over the part till the time of fomenting again. Thig» 

 operation may be repeated for two or three days, at 

 which period the inflammation will probably be on the 

 decline, when the following method must be adopted. 



Take of Spanish flies in fine powder, 2 drams ; 



Spirits of ammonia, 4 ounces. 



