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at grass is greatly conducive to a recovery if it bs 

 practicable. 



In cases of a tedious ulceration, which causes a 

 lameness, ho should not be exercised ; but let them be 

 poulticed with a turnip poultice, or it may be made of 

 oatmeal and the grounds of stale beer, or both may 

 be employed alternately ; and then if luxuriant or 

 thic'K. the parts may be washed with a solution of blue 

 vitriol in water, or the wa'^h No. 3. 



Dress the cracks with the following ointment : 



Ointmc7it. — Oil of turpentine, 3 drachms ; hog's lard, 6 evinces ; 

 litharg^e water, half an ounce. Mix. 



This may bo varied by substituting Veniqe turpentine, 

 and half the quintity of the oil. In these inveterate 

 cases, a change of medicine is desirable, if but for 

 the change which it occasions in the digestive powers ; 

 for this purpose the blue piii has been given as an 

 alterative, as well as calomel. Both act upon the kid- 

 neys, and set them in motion for the production of 

 urine : 



Alterative Ball. — Calomel, one and a half drachms ; aloes, 3 

 drachms; Castile soap, 6 drachms; oil of juniper, 40 drops. Mix, 

 and, make into 3 balls, and give one daily for a week. If it gripes, 

 add half a drachm of opium. 



SURFKIT— MANGE. 



Both of these diseases proceed from over feeding, 

 or gross feeding. They are different stages of the 

 same disease. 



Symptoi/ s. — Like surfeit in man, small tumors ap- 

 pear and disappear sudd(>nly upon the surface of the 

 skin at time?. The annnai is restless, flmciiitig from 

 the touch, and looking round sharp at the legs and 

 sides as if he were spurr<'d trivially. Whenever he 

 can bring the j)arts against the sail or wall, he will 

 rub violently; until the hair comes off, and the skin is 

 raw. Instead of tumors that emit a sharp, acrid, and 

 stinking humor, like grease, a dry scurf appears, re- 

 sembling scales, and this is mansre ; some animals 

 however, exhibit no eruption whatever, though every 

 hair is affected in a small degree, the skin becomes 

 dry, and he is then hide-bound, 



