206 EVERY MAN HIS OWN FARRIER 



Flowers of sulphur. 1 pound; 



Spirits of turpentine, J pint 



Train oil, enough to make it into a thin 

 liquid. 



HORN DISTEMPER. 



This is a disease which has its seat in the horns. 

 Cows are more subject to it than oxen, and it does not 

 attack bulls ; and steers and heifers, under three years 

 old, it is said, are not subject to it. The distemper 

 causes the pith of the horn to be gradually consumed. 

 It is most commonly confined to one horn only, but 

 sometimes appears in both. It is occasioned by poor 

 keeping, by which the blood becomes thin and reduced, 

 and does not circulate properly in the extremities. It 

 is discovered by the sluggishness of the animal, loss 

 of appetite, a coldness of the horn, and a disposition 

 to lie down. 



To cure this disease, the horn should be bored with 

 a nail gimblet in such a manner as to effect the dis- 

 charge of the matter which has become purulent. The 

 hollow part should be well cleansed by vinegar in which 

 a portion of salt has been dissolved, to be injected by a 

 syringe. Dr. Deane recommended the injection of a 

 mixture of rum and honey, with myrrh and aloes. 

 Stimulating medicine, such as ginger, spices, &c., 

 have been given, but these are injurious until tho 

 bowels have been evacuated. Laxatives, however, 

 such as sulphur, glauber's salts, &c., prove servicea 

 ble ; and after the bowels are evacuated, and the horn 

 well cleansed, good keeping will be necessary to efCes^i 

 the cure. 



