STRAINS, SORE FEET, AND WORMS 99 



lame in the stifle : either of these, frequently applied, 

 and long rest, are the likeliest means that I know of 

 to recover them. The following excellent remedy 

 for a strain, with which I have cured myself and 

 many others, I have also found of benefit to dogs, 

 when strained in the leg or foot : 



Dissolve two ounces of camphor in half a pint of 

 spirits of wine, and put to it a bullock's gall. The 

 part affected must be rubbed before the fire three or 

 four times a day. 



Sore feet are soon cured with brine, pot-liquor, or 

 salt and vinegar ; a handful of salt to a pint of 

 vinegar : if neither of these will do, mercurial- 

 ointment may then be necessary. A plaster of black 

 pitch is the best cure for a thorn, in either man, 

 horse, or dog ; and I have known it succeed after 

 everything else had failed. If the part be much 

 inflamed, a common poultice bound over the plaster 

 will assist in the cure. Hounds frequently are lame 

 in the knee, sometimes from bruises, sometimes from 

 the stab of a thorn : digestive ointment rubbed in 

 upon the part, will generally be of service. 1 I have 

 also known good effects from a poultice of Goulard, 

 changed two or three times a day : it must be sewed 

 on, the dog kept by himself, and muzzled. 



If hounds be much troubled with worms, the fol- 

 lowing is the best cure that I am acquainted with : 



Of pewter pulverised, I drachm 10 grains; 

 Of /Ethiop's mineral, 16 grains. 



1 If the knee continue foul, blisters, and long rest afterwards, are the 

 most likely means to recover it. 



