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time, both to be regulated according to circumstances. 

 When considering these, we should inquire into the 

 preceding habits of the patient, as to his usual evacu- 

 ations, and whether these have been stopped ; for it 

 frequently happens that grease is caused by the sus- 

 pension of the urine balls, to which proprietors are 

 so very much addicted, that they give them without 

 reason, or suspend the giving through the same whim- 

 sicality. In this latter case, give the diuretic powder, 

 and the horse will require very litile more physic. A- 

 gain, if the animal require opening physic, give him 

 the purging ball hereal'ter directed, and in-door exer- 

 cise ; but should his debility be then very great, the 

 commotion this would occasion might reduce him too 

 much, and therefore the alterative ball will do better,' 

 with the same attention to in-door exerci&es if he can 

 bear it. Sometimes, however, the heels are so cracked 

 and chapped, that every step the animal takes only 

 makes the matter worse ; we should then assiduously 

 apply ourselves to keeping the heels clean, with water 

 of which the chill has been taken off, and wiih a brush 

 get rid of as m.uch of the running as possible ; and 

 after drying it well with cloths, use the alum wash of 

 the stronger preparation ; provided always the inflam-^ 

 mation be not too high at the time, but which the warm 

 water without the alum wash has a tendency to alle- 

 viate. 



I will now give the recipes for preparing the reme- 

 dies above directed. Several are given, because the 

 nature of the disease requires we should always be 

 doing something for the animal, either of topical ap- 

 plications, or devising means of carrying off the cause 

 of the disorder by stool, by urine, or by perspiration. 

 For, by keeping one or other of these evacuations 

 going, we enable the animal system to take up or ab- 

 sorb the watery particles of the lymphatics, which 

 remainmg indolent, constitute the disease. 



Alum Wash, 2\o. 1. — Alum, 2 ounces ; blue 'stone, 2 drachms ; 

 and water, 1 pint. I\'Iix, and wash two or three times a day. Some 

 prefer Goulard's extract, and white vitriol, of each, 2 drachms ; 

 water, 1 quart. Mix — used as above. 



Strong Alum Wash, No. 2. — Alum, sugar of lead, vinegar, of 

 «ach 2 ounces ; water, 1 pint. Mix — use as above. 



